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Zhifang Xi (席之枋)

Megaminx · top 7.1% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016XIZH01

Zhifang Xi (席之枋) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 54.35, set at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in China. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since April 2016, he has put 516 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.33 in April 2016 to 11.24, a 52% improvement. Zhifang has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 7.1% of 34,786 all-time
54.35
signature single · Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018
516
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Megaminx54.3558.81
top 7.1%166 / 1,678
Pyraminx4.068.04
top 8.0%945 / 10,224
3×311.2414.48
top 11.2%4,412 / 28,153
2×23.576.45
top 21.1%3,466 / 15,796
4×450.2554.00
top 25.0%2,661 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:35.982:02.23
top 25.2%349 / 1,183
Skewb6.129.17
top 26.6%1,653 / 5,004
Square-123.9028.88
top 36.6%620 / 1,362
5×51:43.081:44.69
top 37.6%1,697 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed27.0630.62
top 39.5%3,660 / 5,922
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 32:09—
early days — 1 solve119 / 278
6×63:25.273:33.09
top 52.9%985 / 1,349
7×75:08.395:14.70
top 53.3%923 / 1,261
Clock21.8829.12
top 69.8%1,511 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves49.33
early days — 3 solves864 / 1,058
4×4 blindfolded14:22.00—
early days — 2 solves123 / 149
5×5 blindfolded42:01.00—
early days — 1 solve94 / 95

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

Nanjing Spring 2016: 23.33Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 21.19Nanchang Open 2016: 23.50Chongqing Open 2016: 21.39Jinhua Open 2016: 22.63Xi'an Open 2016: 21.52Asian Championship 2016: 20.49ZUA Open 2017: 19.90Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 14.73Nanjing Spring 2017: 15.80Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 15.13Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 14.76Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 15.82Hefei Open 2017: 15.36Nanchang Open 2017: 15.18Xianyang Open 2019: 12.22Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019: 12.81Zhengzhou Open 2019: 11.24Xi'an New Year 2020: 13.19Changsha Open 2023: 14.31Nanchang Spring 2024: 15.8711.2423.5030 Apr 201621 Apr 2024

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-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 4.35 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.