People · China
Shuo Xu (徐硕)
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025XUSH01
Shuo Xu (徐硕) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,495th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.50 in May 2025 to 9.57, a 29% improvement. Shuo 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.57 | 11.58 | top 6.3% | 2,495 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.68 | top 19.8% | 3,283 / 15,939 |
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
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Hangzhou Open 2026.
- 25 May 2025First competition: Lishui Open 2025. A 13.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
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.
- Chenge Liu (刘晨舸) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bofan Zhang (张博藩) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.