People · New Zealand
Tianli Xie
3×3 · top 37.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025XIET03
Tianli Xie has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.03, set at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025, puts him in the top 37.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 783rd in New Zealand. Across 1 competition since October 2025, he has put 11 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.03 | 19.96 | top 37.3% | 783 / 2,145 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.40 | 1:00.70 | top 82.4% | 485 / 607 | |
| 5×5 | 3:53.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 328 / 364 |
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 story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025. A 19.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Mills — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Macdiarmid — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.03 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 57,273 people have one; it is 7.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.