People · China
Zongyao Xiang (向宗耀)
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018XIAN05
Zongyao Xiang (向宗耀) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,830th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2018, he has put 98 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.42 in May 2018 to 10.78, a 25% improvement. Zongyao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.78 | 14.94 | top 9.8% | 3,830 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.27 | 9.97 | top 14.9% | 1,759 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.37 | 5.52 | top 18.6% | 3,038 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 50.11 | 53.79 | top 24.9% | 2,642 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.54 | 1:42.61 | top 27.9% | 851 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.12 | 43.03 | top 51.4% | 4,413 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:06.68 | 3:37.50 | early days — 3 solves | 752 / 1,183 |
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
- 24 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019.
- 26 May 2018First competition: HUST Open 2018. A 16.91 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at HUST Open 2018.
Competitions
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.