People · China
Ziyang Xu (徐子洋)
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014XUZI02
Ziyang Xu (徐子洋) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.07, set at Fushun Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,058th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2014, 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; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in December 2014 to 10.07, a 29% improvement. Ziyang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.07 | 12.54 | top 7.7% | 3,058 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.69 | 17.37 | top 9.6% | 946 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 4.06 | 12.63 | top 11.4% | 681 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 40.30 | 47.31 | top 12.5% | 1,378 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.40 | 1:29.33 | top 22.0% | 1,077 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 5.35 | top 31.4% | 5,454 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.23 | 10.89 | top 38.2% | 4,181 / 10,269 |
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
- 3 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dalian Winter 2017.
- 13 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2017.
- 23 Apr 2016Five personal bests in one day at Shenyang Open 2016.
- 14 Dec 2014First competition: Shenyang Open 2014. A 14.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Winter 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiaojian Li (李晓健) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Chunxiao Li (李春啸) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.