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Xi Chen (陈曦)

3×3 · top 0.02% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023CHEX03

Xi Chen (陈曦) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.13, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts her in the top 0.02% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in China. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since November 2023, she has put 455 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 7.33 in November 2023 to 4.13, a 44% improvement. Xi has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.02% of 288,433 all-time
4.13
signature single · Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026
455
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×34.135.22
top 0.02%19 / 28,499
2×21.111.89
top 0.8%84 / 15,939
4×439.8340.58
top 12.0%1,312 / 5,999

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

Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 7.33Changsha Open 2023: 6.39Hangzhou Spring 2024: 7.06Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 5.53Guilin Open 2024: 5.33Shenzhen Open 2024: 5.62Zhengzhou Open 2024: 5.53Xi'an New Year 2025: 5.52Luoyang Spring 2025: 5.50Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 6.08Nanchang Spring 2025: 5.53Zhuhai Open 2025: 5.07Jiangmen Open 2025: 5.23Quangang Morning 2025: 6.11Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 5.04Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 4.13Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 4.98Foshan Open 2026: 4.55Quanzhou Summer 2026: 5.53Zhanjiang Open 2026: 4.96Fuzhou Summer 2026: 5.08Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 4.724.137.3326 Nov 20235 Oct 2026

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

The story so far

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as she improves.