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Manyu Xie (谢曼钰)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023XIEM01

Manyu Xie (谢曼钰) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024, puts her in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2023, she has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 9.16 in November 2023 to 7.86, a 14% improvement. Manyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.869.75
top 2.5%922 / 28,153
4×436.6143.19
top 8.3%855 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed20.4025.52
top 21.5%2,145 / 5,922
2×23.785.46
top 23.7%3,942 / 15,796
Skewb8.2610.70
top 43.3%2,542 / 5,004

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

Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 9.16Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 7.86Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 8.32Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 9.347.869.3426 Nov 20239 Nov 2025

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.61 away.

Targets move as she improves.