People · China
Gaojie Xu (许高杰)
Pyraminx · top 8.2% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016XUGA01
Gaojie Xu (许高杰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.10, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 993rd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2016, he has put 53 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in April 2016 to 10.35, a 27% improvement. Gaojie has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.10 | 6.96 | top 8.2% | 993 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 13.03 | top 8.6% | 3,406 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 52.65 | 56.76 | top 28.1% | 2,971 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.91 | 27.30 | top 34.1% | 3,293 / 5,994 |
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
- 30 Apr 2016First competition: Nanjing Spring 2016. A 14.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
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.
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lui Chi Fung (雷智鋒) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.