People · United States
Kellen Xue
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024XUEK01
Kellen Xue has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at City of STEM LA 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,838th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2024, he has put 100 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.25 in January 2024 to 8.21, an 11% improvement. Kellen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 9.17 | top 3.2% | 1,838 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.37 | 15.63 | top 5.1% | 726 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 1:21.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,424 / 6,846 |
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
- 7 Jan 2024First competition: UCSD Winter 2024. A 9.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- August Barnard — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.