People · China
Weiming Xu (徐伟明)
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015XUWE02
Weiming Xu (徐伟明) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at Xiamen Winter 2019, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,480th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2015, he has put 492 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.51 in May 2015 to 8.58, a 48% improvement. Weiming has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.58 | 10.89 | top 3.9% | 1,480 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 36.12 | 41.90 | top 7.8% | 804 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.64 | 18.54 | top 9.4% | 908 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.22 | 1:24.98 | top 11.1% | 546 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 3.99 | top 11.4% | 1,748 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.79 | 1:12.58 | top 12.6% | 342 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.08 | 7.77 | top 20.6% | 2,348 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:35.79 | 2:46.47 | top 25.1% | 347 / 1,183 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 8.19 | top 27.8% | 1,719 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 20.52 | 26.80 | top 29.1% | 495 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 4:18.48 | 4:41.51 | top 37.1% | 713 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 13.70 | 14.20 | top 42.6% | 1,008 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:13.07 | 3:15.11 | early days — 3 solves | 914 / 1,349 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Special 2026.
- 25 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Quanzhou Open 2019.
- 25 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Longyan Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Zhangzhou Open 2018.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Summer 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Zheng Lin (林铮) — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pengwei Chen (陈芃威) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 24 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.