People · Canada
Zonghan Xie
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017XIEZ01
Zonghan Xie has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Oakville Limited Winter 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 574th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2017, he has put 159 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.64 in March 2017 to 2.50, a 46% improvement. Zonghan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.33 | top 8.9% | 574 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.08 | 14.36 | top 14.2% | 1,336 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 5.42 | 10.49 | top 21.4% | 488 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.02 | 34.53 | top 44.4% | 1,016 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.26 | 1:21.21 | top 45.1% | 1,227 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 850 / 1,375 |
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
- 25 Mar 2017First competition: London Limited Spring 2017. A 14.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
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.
- Brady Metherall — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Heyning Quong — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.