People · China
Tingxuan Xie (谢廷轩)
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023XIET02
Tingxuan Xie (谢廷轩) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 945th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2023, he has put 108 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.90 in October 2023 to 7.90, a 28% improvement. Tingxuan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 7.90 | 11.40 | top 2.6% | 945 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 3.79 | top 11.5% | 1,764 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 58.43 | — | top 34.8% | 3,442 / 5,926 |
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
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Hefei Winter Open 2023.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 10.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 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 his.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.