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Zhaoyang Xue (薛朝阳)

Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017XUEZ02

Zhaoyang Xue (薛朝阳) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Jiaozuo Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 632nd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2017, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in November 2017 to 11.21, a 25% improvement. Zhaoyang has entered two competitions.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.45
signature single · Jiaozuo Open 2017
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.456.54
top 5.3%632 / 10,224
3×311.2113.55
top 11.1%4,365 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed17.4118.61
top 13.6%1,349 / 5,922
4×444.3749.90
top 17.5%1,895 / 5,926

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

Jiaozuo Open 2017: 14.91Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 11.2111.2114.9125 Nov 201711 Apr 2021

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.