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Yongye Xie (谢永烨)

3×3 · top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011XIEY01

Yongye Xie (谢永烨) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.65, set at Shanghai Donghua 2012, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,670th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2011, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.59 in August 2011 to 13.65, an 18% improvement. Yongye has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.7% of 284,439 all-time
13.65
signature single · Shanghai Donghua 2012
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.6516.08
top 19.7%7,670 / 28,153
4×41:13.281:21.48
top 50.0%4,529 / 5,926
2×26.227.24
top 53.1%9,029 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed39.4144.46
top 64.5%5,098 / 5,922
Pyraminx14.1920.04
top 78.6%7,788 / 10,224
5×53:48.81
early days — 2 solves2,758 / 2,816

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

Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011: 16.59Shanghai Donghua 2012: 13.65Shanghai Summer 2012: 15.3613.6516.5927 Aug 201121 Jul 2012

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 13.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.