People · China
Tianhang Xu (许添杭)
3×3 one-handed · top 6.4% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018XUTI01
Tianhang Xu (许添杭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.17, set at Quanzhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 613th in China. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2018, he has put 175 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in April 2018 to 9.71, a 31% improvement. Tianhang has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 one-handed | 14.17 | 18.61 | top 6.4% | 613 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 9.71 | 11.87 | top 6.7% | 2,589 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.64 | 51.84 | top 17.8% | 1,935 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:33.69 | — | early days — 3 solves | 336 / 1,183 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 6.19 | top 31.4% | 5,376 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,004 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:54.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,120 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 6:05.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,092 / 1,261 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.18 | 17.37 | top 78.6% | 7,785 / 10,224 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Guilin Open 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2025.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Nanjing Spring 2018. A 14.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Please Be Quiet Quanzhou 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021 · 31 Jan 2021
- Chengdu New Year Morning 2021 · 3 Jan 2021
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.17 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.