People · China
Nan Xia (夏楠)
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016XIAN08
Nan Xia (夏楠) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Kanto Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,648th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2016, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.79 in September 2016 to 9.76, a 75% improvement. Nan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 13.80 | top 6.8% | 2,648 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 12.90 | top 31.2% | 3,439 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 5.27 | 7.59 | top 42.6% | 7,352 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,198 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 22.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,539 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,551 / 5,922 |
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
- 31 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Kanto Spring 2025.
- 27 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at Kurukuru Summer 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.96 at Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018.
- 5 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tribox Open Spring 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-30 3×3: 23.31 at Circles Open Spring 2017.
- 4 Sep 2016First competition: Tachikawa Open 2016. A 38.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kanto Autumn PM 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Kanto Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Spring PM 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- Japan Championship 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Ayase Autumn 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kurukuru Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Reiwa Anniversary 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Saitama 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tokyo Pyraminx Returns 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Omiya Bigs 2018 · 10 Jun 2018
- Tribox Open Spring 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- YRCC Open 2018 · 18 Mar 2018
- Tokyo Pyraminx Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017
- Meguro 2017 · 5 May 2017
- Circles Open Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Japan Open 2016 · 9 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Tachikawa Open 2016 · 4 Sep 2016
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.
- Yuhei Takagi (高木佑平) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryouichi Ibaraki (茨木亮一) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuki Uchida (内田佑毅) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.