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Jonathan Ji Xiang (項吉)
2×2 · top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023XIAN14
Jonathan Ji Xiang (項吉) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.06, set at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2023, he has put 290 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.21 in November 2023 to 1.06, a 52% improvement. Jonathan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.06 | 2.12 | top 0.68% | 42 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.22 | 4.60 | top 1.5% | 54 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 11.68 | 14.44 | top 12.8% | 1,210 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 16.69 | 20.57 | top 20.2% | 169 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.40 | 26.70 | top 21.5% | 461 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 5.56 | 6.50 | top 22.4% | 531 / 2,907 | |
| Clock | 10.11 | 11.83 | top 25.6% | 230 / 1,029 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.05 | 1:10.52 | top 37.6% | 1,008 / 3,118 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2024.
- 25 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 26 Nov 2023First competition: Shenzhen Youth Open 2023. A 18.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Weeknights 1 2026 · 17 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025
- Cube On in Richardson 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Wang — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.