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Steven Xu

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 5.1% of 12,294 all-time · competing since August 2007 · 2007XUST01

Steven Xu has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 25 moves, set at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in the United States. Across 40 competitions since August 2007, he has put 901 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.06 in August 2007 to 9.28, a 54% improvement. Steven has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 5.1% of 12,294 all-time
25 moves
signature single · World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013
901
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves29.00
top 5.1%118 / 2,040
3×39.2811.16
top 5.5%3,089 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.1617.83
top 6.4%885 / 15,683
4×442.5248.46
top 15.1%2,275 / 19,072
Pyraminx6.919.39
top 27.2%7,441 / 28,708
2×24.338.03
top 30.7%12,233 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded2:18.134:14.79
top 39.3%828 / 2,092

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

Caltech Summer competition 2007: 20.06Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 15.44Berkeley Winter 2010: 13.94Berkeley Winter 2011: 15.68Vidar Open 2011: 14.27Berkeley Summer 2011: 13.61United States National Championships 2011: 14.15Berkeley Fall 2011: 13.69Berkeley Winter 2012: 12.15Caltech Winter 2012: 11.31Berkeley Spring 2012: 12.66Cal Day 2012: 12.43Stanford Spring 2012: 11.16United States National Championships 2012: 12.25Berkeley Fall 2012: 12.28Berkeley Autumn 2012: 10.84Berkeley Winter 2013: 9.68Berkeley Spring 2013: 10.93World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.63Berkeley Winter 2014: 10.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 11.19Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 10.41Berkeley Spring 2014: 10.77BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 11.16US Nationals 2014: 10.26Berkeley Summer 2014: 9.28Berkeley Fall 2014: 10.38Berkeley Spring 2015: 10.90US Nationals 2015: 11.66Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 10.14Berkeley Fall 2015: 10.33Berkeley Spring 2016: 9.88US Nationals 2016: 9.77Berkeley Fall 2016: 12.02Berkeley Spring 2017: 11.24Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 10.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 10.609.2820.0625 Aug 200727 Apr 2024

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.