People · China
Wenjie Xu (许文杰)
2×2 · top 6.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018XUWE03
Wenjie Xu (许文杰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Fujian Championship 2018, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 920th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2018, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Wenjie has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 4.07 | top 6.5% | 920 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 11.97 | top 6.5% | 2,531 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 40.21 | 44.86 | top 12.4% | 1,332 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 6.15 | top 13.7% | 1,621 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 6.87 | top 26.0% | 1,615 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.16 | 27.19 | top 29.2% | 2,844 / 5,922 |
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
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 25 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Open 2019.
- 12 May 2018First competition: Fujian Championship 2018. A 13.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2018 · 16 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Zeyu Gao (高泽宇) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shengkai Fang (方圣锴) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.