People · China
Yiwen Xie (谢译文)
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019XIEY07
Yiwen Xie (谢译文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Wuhan Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 688th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2019, he has put 52 official solves on the record across eight events. Yiwen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 7.42 | top 5.7% | 688 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 14.84 | 18.74 | top 24.0% | 9,255 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 55.91 | 1:04.65 | top 31.9% | 3,263 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.18 | 1:44.47 | top 32.9% | 993 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 415 / 1,071 | |
| 2×2 | 4.95 | 6.52 | top 38.7% | 6,771 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.79 | 2:00.59 | top 39.1% | 1,790 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 11.29 | 12.77 | top 62.4% | 3,406 / 5,030 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Nanjing Autumn 2019.
- 2 May 2019First competition: Wuhan Open 2019. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingzhi Da (达明志) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zheng Qiao (乔政) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.