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Yunlong Xu (许雲龙)

3×3 · top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009XUYU01

Yunlong Xu (许雲龙) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.25, set at Xi'an Open 2009, puts him in the top 31.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,562nd in China. Across 4 competitions since February 2009, he has put 28 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.34 in February 2009 to 17.25, a 37% improvement. Yunlong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.25
signature single · Xi'an Open 2009
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.2520.36
top 31.8%11,562 / 28,153

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

Beijing Spring Open 2009: 27.34Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 20.96Xi'an Open 2009: 17.25Beijing Summer Open 2009: 18.7117.2527.3421 Feb 200916 Aug 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.