People · Australia
Derek Xu
3×3 · top 33.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024XUDE01
Derek Xu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.67, set at Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,209th in Australia. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 101 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.08 in January 2024 to 17.67, a 57% improvement. Derek has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.67 | 19.27 | top 33.2% | 3,209 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 4.64 | 7.09 | top 34.8% | 2,780 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.99 | 12.84 | top 44.8% | 2,518 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 9.37 | 14.37 | top 51.1% | 1,674 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.88 | 2:45.38 | top 60.7% | 793 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.85 | — | top 66.5% | 1,939 / 3,108 |
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
- 2 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Cubing at The Cube 2026.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.64 at Puzzling Parramatta 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Cubing at The Cube 2024. A 41.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 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.
- Emerson Owen — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miles Irwin — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack McCarley — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.