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Linjia Xu (徐啉佳)

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024XULI01

Linjia Xu (徐啉佳) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Xianju NxN 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,266th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 87 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Linjia has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.33
signature single · Xianju NxN 2026
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.339.77
top 3.4%1,266 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed12.5214.41
top 3.7%323 / 5,922
4×434.8240.26
top 6.5%656 / 5,926

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

Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 9.00Lishui Open 2025: 9.14Ningbo Autumn 2025: 8.62Xianju NxN 2026: 8.338.339.1424 Aug 20247 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.