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Jeff Xu

3×3 · top 0.88% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023XUJE01

Jeff Xu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.52, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 0.88% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2023, he has put 710 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in February 2023 to 6.52, a 52% improvement. Jeff has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.88% of 288,433 all-time
6.52
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2025
710
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.528.43
top 0.88%97 / 11,943
2×21.213.02
top 1.1%116 / 8,727
4×428.7233.82
top 2.2%59 / 3,108
Pyraminx3.144.22
top 4.1%187 / 6,109
Megaminx48.3754.84
top 4.4%66 / 1,313
3×3 one-handed14.0817.07
top 6.3%146 / 2,685
5×51:02.181:13.27
top 6.8%94 / 1,412
Clock5.906.47
top 6.9%94 / 1,159
Square-113.8216.28
top 13.8%141 / 920
6×62:06.182:12.62
top 13.9%85 / 667
3×3 blindfolded1:04.76—
top 14.6%71 / 399
7×73:17.683:26.03
top 15.6%70 / 540
Skewb5.186.80
top 19.6%528 / 3,589
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves44.67
top 37.3%174 / 474
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 6:28—
top 61.1%115 / 186
4×4 blindfolded12:05.00—
early days — 1 solve72 / 98

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

Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 13.52Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 10.56Melbourne Summer 2024: 9.13Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 8.20Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 6.90Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.52Spark Melbourne February 2025: 8.24VIC State Championship 2025: 7.82Spark Melbourne July 2025: 7.27Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.58Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 7.24Australian Nationals 2026: 7.916.5213.5211 Feb 20239 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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.

  • Peter Au — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 107 times
  • Zayd Chaudhry — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Myles Jarman — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 73 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.