People · Singapore
Ng Xu Xian
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022XIAN02
Ng Xu Xian has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Singapore Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Singapore. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2022, he has put 153 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 21.87 in June 2023 to 12.11, a 45% improvement. Ng has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 10.07 | top 2.8% | 86 / 1,559 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.11 | 15.44 | top 3.2% | 31 / 471 | |
| 4×4 | 41.30 | 46.94 | top 13.7% | 116 / 466 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.97 | 1:22.03 | top 15.0% | 57 / 199 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.24 | top 16.2% | 216 / 1,064 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 7.31 | top 16.3% | 141 / 651 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.56 | 1:26.97 | top 17.3% | 77 / 254 | |
| Square-1 | 17.12 | 23.71 | top 21.3% | 53 / 134 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:34.90 | — | early days — 3 solves | 28 / 82 | |
| Clock | 9.99 | 11.07 | top 24.9% | 87 / 182 | |
| Skewb | 15.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 294 / 358 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2026.
- 18 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.08 at No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025.
- 18 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025.
- 18 Jun 2022First competition: Singapore Mofun & FIS Cubing 2022. A 11.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Singapore Oct 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Singapore April 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't DNF December Singapore 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Just Solve It July Singapore 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Singapore Mofun & FIS Cubing 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
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.
- Akash Sreedharan (ஆகாஷ் ஸ்ரீதரன்) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Junnoske Kita — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.