People · China
Chengqian Xie (谢丞谦)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025XIEC01
Chengqian Xie (谢丞谦) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.04, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,060th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 113 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.48 in January 2025 to 8.04, a 59% improvement. Chengqian 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 | 8.04 | 8.86 | top 2.9% | 1,060 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.47 | top 3.2% | 417 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 6.20 | top 16.9% | 1,994 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 4.99 | 7.24 | top 18.1% | 1,132 / 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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.05 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.05 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Beijing Winter 2025. A 19.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Litao Hao (郝立涛) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yihan Shen (申忆寒) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.