People · China
Jiayang Xie (谢佳洋)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024XIEJ01
Jiayang Xie (谢佳洋) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,518th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2024, he has put 237 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.99 in February 2024 to 8.58, a 39% improvement. Jiayang has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.58 | 11.66 | top 3.9% | 1,518 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.21 | 8.62 | top 14.5% | 1,738 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 4.78 | top 22.2% | 3,714 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 57.01 | 1:13.04 | top 33.2% | 3,366 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.80 | 28.70 | top 33.8% | 3,275 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 7.53 | 11.67 | top 37.8% | 2,275 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,587 / 1,693 | |
| Clock | 25.62 | 28.53 | top 77.8% | 1,655 / 1,887 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.42 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,720 / 2,857 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
- 17 Feb 2024First competition: ODU Big Blue Winter 2024. A 13.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wolfpack Wednesday NC III 2026 · 14 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Virginia Beach Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
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.
- Rue Clippinger — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah T. Crouse — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.