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Bing-Zhe Xie (謝秉哲)

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024XIEB01

Bing-Zhe Xie (謝秉哲) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.90, set at Taipei Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2024, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.91 in October 2024 to 9.90, a 17% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.90
signature single · Taipei Summer Open 2025
84
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×39.9011.70
top 7.2%428 / 4,213
4×436.1041.44
top 7.8%192 / 1,078
2×23.174.03
top 16.3%426 / 1,669
Clock8.5911.07
top 17.9%75 / 366
5×51:18.861:23.19
top 18.2%237 / 639
Pyraminx5.848.52
top 18.8%287 / 1,016

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

Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024: 11.91Taipei Summer Open 2025: 9.90Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025: 10.709.9011.9112 Oct 202429 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.