People · China
Bin Xie (谢斌)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XIEB01
Bin Xie (谢斌) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.72, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,597th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2016, he has put 283 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.67 in May 2016 to 9.72, a 57% improvement. Bin has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.72 | 12.08 | top 6.7% | 2,597 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 6.03 | top 16.4% | 2,628 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.20 | 27.27 | top 26.6% | 2,622 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.30 | 1:15.22 | top 39.9% | 3,867 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.87 | 14.50 | top 66.4% | 6,714 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 23.56 | 34.28 | top 93.7% | 4,633 / 5,004 |
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
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 26 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Shijiazhuang Open 2017.
- 24 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Beijing Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.51 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 8 May 2016First competition: Tangshan Open 2016. A 22.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Zibo Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019
- Shijiazhuang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shijiazhuang Winter 2018 · 16 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016
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.
- Hang Li (李航) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hao Wang (王浩) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yilin Zhao (赵一霖) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.