People · United States
Justin Xiao
2×2 · top 60.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025XIAO10
Justin Xiao has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at Corning Summer 2026, puts him in the top 60.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,830th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.40 in October 2025 to 7.01, a 33% improvement. Justin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 7.01 | 10.24 | top 60.5% | 24,830 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 20.42 | 40.05 | top 65.9% | 5,646 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 37.16 | 44.02 | top 73.4% | 44,666 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.37 | 29.40 | top 74.9% | 22,185 / 28,708 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Corning Summer 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First competition: Clocktober Classic NY 2025. A 44.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corning Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmyra Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Corning Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
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.
- Alexis Xiao — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Louis Truong — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Patrick Strawder — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.