People · Australia
Raymond Xu
3×3 · top 26.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022XURA01
Raymond Xu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.55, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026, puts him in the top 26.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,458th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 82 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.81 in August 2022 to 15.55, a 37% improvement. Raymond has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.55 | 20.61 | top 26.4% | 2,458 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 6.56 | top 26.8% | 2,108 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.02 | 11.91 | top 36.4% | 1,970 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,704 / 3,108 |
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
- 15 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.49 at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022First competition: Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022. A 24.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 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.
- Tom Noble — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.