People · United States
Steven Xu
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024XUST01
Steven Xu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 60 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Steven has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 9.60 | top 3.2% | 1,828 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.42 | 56.09 | top 22.7% | 3,436 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 4.93 | top 26.9% | 10,610 / 40,951 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: UMBC Fall 2024. A 9.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sam Deacon — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blake Thompson — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.