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Linxiao Xu (徐林霄)

Skewb · top 1.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014XULI01

Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in China. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since May 2014, he has put 1,127 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.70 in May 2014 to 9.33, a 53% improvement. Linxiao has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.16
signature single · China Championship 2019
1,127
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb2.164.00
top 1.8%81 / 5,004
Pyraminx3.025.23
top 3.7%447 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed13.5621.61
top 5.3%490 / 5,922
3×39.3311.78
top 5.7%2,193 / 28,153
4×435.1046.90
top 6.8%684 / 5,926
Clock6.307.53
top 8.3%173 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.33
top 12.2%122 / 1,058
2×22.844.47
top 12.4%1,941 / 15,796
Megaminx1:15.061:25.66
top 18.7%565 / 1,678
Square-116.5723.88
top 20.0%320 / 1,362
5×51:23.061:29.59
top 21.6%1,034 / 2,816
6×62:35.682:43.34
top 28.5%611 / 1,349
7×73:57.314:17.13
top 29.6%584 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded2:20.83—
top 40.4%588 / 1,183

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

Zhejiang University Open 2014: 19.70China Championship 2015: 13.98Tianjin Winter Open 2015: 15.20Asian Championship 2016: 16.31Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 15.35Shanghai Spring 2017: 14.74Nanchang Spring 2017: 14.73ZUST Open 2017: 13.13China Championship 2017: 14.28Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 12.45Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.49Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 12.25Inner Mongolia Winter 2018: 11.47Hangzhou Spring 2018: 12.01Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 12.76Beijing Open 2018: 12.68Linfen Open 2018: 11.13Beijing Summer 2018: 13.14China Championship 2018: 14.41Xuzhou Winter 2018: 12.36Anyang Open 2019: 9.33China Championship 2019: 11.75Tianjin Autumn 2019: 10.15Yancheng Open 2024: 12.57Lishui Open 2025: 12.94Hangzhou Winter 2025: 12.15Deqing Small & Special 2026: 11.06Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 11.119.3319.7024 May 201429 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.