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Sheeran Xue (薛思远)

3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023XUES01

Sheeran Xue (薛思远) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2023, he has put 635 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.73 in March 2023 to 5.89, a 33% improvement. Sheeran has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time
5.89
signature single · Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023
635
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.898.55
top 0.42%163 / 28,153
2×21.303.16
top 1.4%157 / 15,796
4×440.4744.99
top 12.7%1,364 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed19.2424.12
top 18.5%1,847 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.2015.11
top 46.6%4,935 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves46.67
top 55.5%652 / 1,058

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

Swisscubing Cup II 2023: 8.73Wiler Würfel Fäscht 2023: 5.89OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 7.91Nacka Open 2023: 8.63Swisscubing Cup III 2023: 8.47Swiss Nationals 2023: 8.55Hangzhou Spring 2024: 8.53Kunshan Open 2024: 8.34Stevenage Beginners September A 2024: 8.23Battersea Autumn 2024: 8.23Stevenage October 2024: 7.46Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 8.35Stevenage December 2024: 8.44Bristol Winter Beginners 2024: 8.38Chichester January 2025: 7.19Bolton Spring 2025: 8.55Birmingham Spring 2025: 8.03Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 8.24Stevenage June 2025: 8.31Ningbo Autumn 2025: 8.27Xuzhou Open 2025: 8.63Nanchang Winter 2025: 8.34Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 7.61Shanghai Summer 2026: 8.465.898.7318 Mar 20231 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.