People · China
Boyan Xiang (向柏言)
3×3 · top 0.33% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024XIAN08
Boyan Xiang (向柏言) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 137th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2024, he has put 310 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.89 in July 2024 to 5.70, a 42% improvement. Boyan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 5.70 | 6.73 | top 0.33% | 137 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.37 | 2.36 | top 1.6% | 193 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.93 | 6.03 | top 7.4% | 886 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 7.68 | 9.29 | top 39.0% | 2,342 / 5,030 |
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
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Chengdu Summer 2024. A 9.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bangkok Cube Festival 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hansen Yu (余翰森) — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.