People · China
Kangshuo Xia (夏康朔)
Pyraminx · top 4.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024XIAK01
Kangshuo Xia (夏康朔) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.35, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 595th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 98 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.00 in March 2024 to 10.52, a 12% improvement. Kangshuo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 7.85 | top 4.9% | 595 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 10.52 | 12.82 | top 9.1% | 3,598 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.04 | 1:20.26 | top 13.9% | 703 / 2,857 | |
| 4×4 | 43.95 | 45.87 | top 17.0% | 1,868 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 5.19 | top 22.2% | 3,714 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.94 | 29.51 | top 36.8% | 3,503 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,098 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 7.84 | 10.19 | top 40.1% | 2,401 / 5,030 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 897 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 4:51.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 873 / 1,274 | |
| Clock | 17.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,321 / 1,887 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Hangzhou Spring 2024. A 12.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.