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Fenglin Xie (谢凤麟)

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019XIEF01

Fenglin Xie (谢凤麟) has been competing for 7 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,238th 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.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.82
signature single · Yunnan Open 2025
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8215.72
top 13.3%5,238 / 28,153
2×24.314.93
top 30.5%5,229 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.159.45
top 37.4%4,071 / 10,224
4×41:16.83
early days — 1 solve4,695 / 5,926
Clock18.2420.73
top 59.5%1,351 / 1,843

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

Kunshan Open 2019: 7.23China Championship 2019: 7.13Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 7.59Yunnan Open 2025: 4.314.317.5920 Apr 201922 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.