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Zhiliang Xie (谢致亮)

3×3 · top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017XIEZ03

Zhiliang Xie (谢致亮) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.56, set at Shantou Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,884th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.00 in April 2017 to 11.56, a 32% improvement. Zhiliang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.4% of 284,439 all-time
11.56
signature single · Shantou Open 2017
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.5613.89
top 12.4%4,884 / 28,153
2×22.974.26
top 13.9%2,167 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed17.5522.31
top 13.9%1,381 / 5,922
Skewb7.1717.11
top 35.0%2,124 / 5,004
Square-126.3332.44
top 42.1%722 / 1,362
Pyraminx9.0610.95
top 45.4%4,822 / 10,224
4×41:18.55
early days — 2 solves4,776 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded3:54.34
early days — 1 solve917 / 1,183

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

Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 17.00Shantou Open 2017: 11.56Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.9611.5617.0022 Apr 201721 Jul 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.