People · China
Zhiyi Xu (徐郅逸)
3×3 · top 5.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XUZH03
Zhiyi Xu (徐郅逸) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,266th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2016, he has put 203 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.48 in May 2016 to 9.36, a 72% improvement. Zhiyi has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 10.80 | top 5.8% | 2,266 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 36.08 | 41.73 | top 7.8% | 829 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.15 | 26.49 | top 13.0% | 1,316 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.88 | 8.50 | top 19.1% | 2,216 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.18 | 2:04.87 | top 40.8% | 1,848 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 6.67 | 7.69 | top 57.6% | 9,852 / 15,939 |
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
- 17 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Tangshan Open 2018.
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 12 Nov 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Tianjin Open 2016.
- 12 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-30 3×3: 17.30 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.30 at Asian Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016
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.
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Guanchen Zhou (周冠辰) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.