People · United Kingdom
Cobey Xie
3×3 · top 30.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023XIEC02
Cobey Xie has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.79, set at Bristol August 2025, puts him in the top 30.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,021st in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.90 in August 2023 to 16.79, a 40% improvement. Cobey 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.79 | 17.70 | top 30.3% | 2,021 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 5.01 | 6.27 | top 39.4% | 2,069 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.11 | 20.83 | top 67.9% | 2,651 / 3,656 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.04 at Bristol Winter Beginners 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023. A 27.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- South Wales Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Bristol August 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Winter Beginners 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
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.
- Hasan Bahadur — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bertie Longden — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Oatridge — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.