People · China
Zixuan Qin (秦子轩)
Pyraminx · top 6.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018QINZ01
Zixuan Qin (秦子轩) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.73, set at Wuxi Winter 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 755th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 168 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.60 in April 2018 to 2.27, a 59% improvement. Zixuan 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 | 3.73 | 5.81 | top 6.4% | 755 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 11.31 | top 6.7% | 2,617 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.56 | top 6.8% | 959 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,408 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 10.15 | 10.93 | top 55.8% | 3,105 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 18.75 | 21.28 | top 61.0% | 1,381 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,068 / 5,926 |
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
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Wuxi Winter 2019.
- 8 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Winter 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at SJTU Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Nanjing Spring 2018. A 17.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.