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Boyan Xie

2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023XIEB01

Boyan Xie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Poulseur Open 2026, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since March 2023, he has put 437 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.45 in March 2023 to 16.27, a 68% improvement. Boyan has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.53
signature single · Poulseur Open 2026
437
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×22.534.74
top 9.2%90 / 777
Pyraminx6.7912.52
top 26.1%192 / 589
3×316.2720.47
top 28.7%353 / 1,094
Clock12.4216.28
top 37.0%63 / 180
Skewb9.6511.99
top 52.7%228 / 394
4×41:21.511:25.67
top 57.2%250 / 459
Megaminx2:32.73—
top 62.5%120 / 197
Square-139.3648.08
top 64.6%90 / 150

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

Brugge Open 2023: 51.45Koersel Saturday Open 2023: 43.99Visé Saturday Open 2023: 37.27Zottegem Morning 2023: 49.18Annuntia Sunday Open 2023: 43.17Geel Beginners Sunday 2024: 39.11Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 38.94Leuven Open 2024: 38.52Wommelgem Open 2024: 43.14Visé Open Sunday 2024: 42.83Belgian Nationals 2024: 38.96Hurlubiks Cube Mouscron 2025: 32.32Brugge Beginners Open 2025: 28.57Leuven Open 2025: 37.84Visé Saturday Open 2025: 22.44Beveren Saturday Open 2025: 20.42Ranst Autumn 2025: 22.60Belgian Nationals 2025: 28.18Poulseur Open 2026: 16.43Hurlubik's Cube Mouscron 2026: 20.21Twist and Turn Ghent 2026: 18.98Wezemaal Open 2026: 16.2716.2751.4511 Mar 20233 May 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.