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Zhengqi Xia (夏钲棋)

3×3 · top 27.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014XIAZ02

Zhengqi Xia (夏钲棋) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.86, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 27.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,164th in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2014, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.52 in November 2014 to 15.86, a 72% improvement. Zhengqi has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.86
signature single · Hangzhou Autumn 2019
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.8625.52
top 27.3%10,164 / 28,153
2×26.8510.01
top 59.2%9,989 / 15,796

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

Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 56.52Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 24.18ZUST Open 2017: 23.63HDU Open 2017: 23.88Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 15.8615.8656.5229 Nov 20149 Nov 2019

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 0.86 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.