People · Hong Kong, China
Tian Ying Xi
3×3 · top 0.087% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023XITI01
Tian Ying Xi has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.81, set at Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026, puts her in the top 0.087% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since March 2023, she has put 481 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 7.77 in March 2023 to 4.81, a 38% improvement. Tian has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 4.81 | 6.50 | top 0.087% | 3 / 1,347 | |
| Megaminx | 32.18 | 39.02 | top 0.39% | 2 / 154 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.68 | 3.98 | top 2.7% | 21 / 431 | |
| Clock | 9.41 | 11.34 | top 22.0% | 56 / 156 |
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 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Championship 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Hong Kong Cube Day 2023. A 7.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 8 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 17 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Busan Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- Blandede Bolsjer i Lejre 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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 her.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Timothy Kong Wing Sum (江永琛) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as she improves.