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Jiate Xie (谢佳特)

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018XIEJ04

Jiate Xie (谢佳特) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.21, set at Changsha Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2018, he has put 801 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.11 in June 2019 to 1.21, a 71% improvement. Jiate has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.21
signature single · Changsha Open 2023
801
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.211.89
top 1.1%117 / 15,796
Pyraminx2.092.44
top 1.3%139 / 10,224
Skewb2.184.47
top 1.9%88 / 5,004
Square-17.2110.17
top 2.0%29 / 1,362
3×37.579.38
top 2.1%755 / 28,153
Megaminx44.5151.97
top 2.9%64 / 1,678
4×432.1534.98
top 4.3%417 / 5,926
Clock5.846.90
top 6.7%133 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed15.4716.81
top 9.1%866 / 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 Summer 2019: 4.11Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 1.84Shandong Open 2019: 2.96Tianjin Autumn 2019: 2.42Beijing Winter 2019: 2.09Taiyuan Winter 2019: 1.75Beijing Spring AM 2021: 2.15Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 1.49Changsha Open 2023: 1.21Fushun Open 2024: 1.36Xuzhou Open 2024: 1.53Zibo Open 2024: 1.71Chengdu Summer 2024: 1.54Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 1.43Beijing Winter 2025: 1.47Zibo Open 2025: 1.69Xi'an Autumn 2025: 1.681.214.117 Jun 20192 Nov 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 0.21 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.