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Dong Xia (夏东)

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021XIAD01

Dong Xia (夏东) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 641st in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2021, he has put 42 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.15 in April 2021 to 1.99, a 72% improvement. Dong has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.99
signature single · Zibo Open 2025
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.994.30
top 4.7%641 / 15,796
Skewb3.845.30
top 9.8%580 / 5,004
Pyraminx5.836.74
top 18.7%2,158 / 10,224
3×313.8615.25
top 20.5%7,905 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed31.57
early days — 2 solves4,338 / 5,922

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

Beijing Spring AM 2021: 7.15Zibo Open 2025: 1.991.997.154 Apr 202110 Aug 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.