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Tianyu Xie (谢天予)

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024XIET01

Tianyu Xie (谢天予) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Xi'an Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 401st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. Tianyu has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.78
signature single · Xi'an Open 2024
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.789.52
top 1.1%401 / 28,153
2×21.603.51
top 2.6%308 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.6618.52
top 5.5%513 / 5,922
4×436.5239.69
top 8.2%843 / 5,926
5×51:18.531:28.57
top 17.9%863 / 2,816
Pyraminx7.809.70
top 34.5%3,784 / 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

Xuzhou Open 2024: 7.04Xi'an Open 2024: 6.786.787.0430 Mar 20243 Aug 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 30 Mar 2024First competition: Xuzhou Open 2024. A 7.04 3×3 single to start from.

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.