People · China
Zijie Xu (徐子杰)
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018XUZI02
Zijie Xu (徐子杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 554th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 258 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Zijie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.24 | 6.00 | top 4.5% | 554 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 9.60 | 13.22 | top 6.4% | 2,526 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.68 | top 8.0% | 1,173 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.20 | 5.74 | top 12.4% | 749 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 9.05 | 10.40 | top 20.1% | 451 / 1,887 | |
| 4×4 | 48.01 | 54.14 | top 22.2% | 2,433 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 18.63 | 21.75 | top 24.9% | 424 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.85 | — | top 42.6% | 1,914 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,355 / 1,693 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Shenzhen Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Six personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 21 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at GDSY Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
Competitions
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dongguan Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chan Hay Yin (陳希言) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.