People · China
Zhikun Xie (谢志坤)
4×4 · top 15.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017XIEZ07
Zhikun Xie (谢志坤) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 42.60, set at Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,649th in China. Across 5 competitions since October 2017, he has put 115 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Zhikun has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 42.60 | 1:00.15 | top 15.2% | 1,649 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.68 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 14.60 | top 18.1% | 7,091 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.55 | 11.06 | top 24.2% | 2,753 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.57 | 7.85 | top 30.3% | 1,859 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.91 | 1:51.27 | top 38.3% | 1,726 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.35 | — | top 47.4% | 4,169 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.85 | 3:52.01 | early days — 3 solves | 961 / 1,349 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 13.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Jun Fei (费俊) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Lincheng Cai (蔡林成) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.60 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.