People · Australia
Derek Xu
3×3 · top 37.2% of 284,439 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 19.05, set at Cubing at The Cube 2026, puts him in the top 37.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,611th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five 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 41.08 in January 2024 to 19.05, a 54% improvement. Derek has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 19.05 | 20.99 | top 37.2% | 3,611 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 6.00 | 7.23 | top 50.9% | 4,042 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 9.37 | 15.96 | top 51.0% | 1,646 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.85 | — | top 66.4% | 1,908 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 876 / 1,277 |
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
- 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
- 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.
- Cass Hopkins — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Tinlin — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adriel Tsui — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.05 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.