People · China
Yuan Xu (徐元)
2×2 · top 9.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016XUYU01
Yuan Xu (徐元) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,392nd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 231 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.69 in April 2016 to 2.53, a 46% improvement. Yuan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.50 | top 9.2% | 1,392 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 12.85 | top 9.7% | 3,854 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 43.81 | 47.89 | top 16.9% | 1,854 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.58 | 1:34.60 | top 22.2% | 684 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.11 | 23.18 | top 26.4% | 2,641 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 6.14 | 12.25 | top 26.9% | 1,682 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.11 | 12.57 | top 28.8% | 3,241 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.79 | 1:41.83 | top 31.4% | 1,446 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.11 | 4:29.82 | top 39.6% | 758 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.16 | 3:10.86 | top 40.2% | 814 / 1,363 | |
| Clock | 18.58 | 21.35 | top 60.5% | 1,400 / 1,887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Apr 2017Six personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 7 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Linyi Open 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016First competition: Nanjing Spring 2016. A 13.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.