People · United States
Justin Xia
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017XIAJ01
Justin Xia has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,484th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2017, he has put 306 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.43 in April 2017 to 7.87, a 66% improvement. Justin 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.87 | 9.75 | top 2.6% | 1,484 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 3.49 | top 3.3% | 1,289 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.75 | 24.69 | top 25.3% | 3,262 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 51.48 | 56.23 | top 26.5% | 4,086 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 8.13 | top 27.4% | 7,512 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.45 | 8.11 | top 29.3% | 4,805 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.41 | 1:47.76 | top 31.8% | 2,518 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 16.26 | 21.02 | top 52.7% | 4,332 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.25 | 3:56.93 | top 53.7% | 2,030 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,154 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 51.45 | 59.41 | top 77.4% | 5,135 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:01.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,526 / 3,184 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024.
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Keep Portland Weird 2022.
- 26 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Keep Portland Weird 2022.
- 12 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2022.
- 29 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Oregon State Leap Day 2020.
- 17 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019.
Competitions
- McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon State Leap Day 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon State 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Duck 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tripp Peters — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Clancy Caster — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.