People · China
Fenglin Xie (谢凤麟)
3×3 · top 13.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019XIEF01
Fenglin Xie (谢凤麟) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.82, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,351st in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.23 in April 2019 to 4.31, a 40% improvement. Fenglin has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 11.82 | 15.72 | top 13.3% | 5,351 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 4.93 | top 30.5% | 5,304 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.15 | 9.45 | top 37.5% | 4,113 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,763 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 18.24 | 20.73 | top 59.5% | 1,380 / 1,887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 12.92 at Yunnan Open 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Yunnan Open 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2025.
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-30 3×3: 28.67 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First competition: Kunshan Open 2019. A 32.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zheqi Xie (谢哲麒) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xunlei Jing (荆迅雷) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.