People · China
Xianchen Hu (胡贤宸)
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018HUXI03
Xianchen Hu (胡贤宸) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.49, set at Nanchang Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,345th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2018, he has put 82 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.55 in May 2018 to 9.49, a 68% improvement. Xianchen 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 | 9.49 | 10.59 | top 6.1% | 2,345 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 3.73 | top 9.5% | 1,424 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.18 | 8.80 | top 27.2% | 1,679 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 8.75 | top 29.3% | 3,241 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,101 / 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
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Nanchang Winter 2025.
- 21 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Spring 2024.
- 2 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Nanchang Good Morning 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Nanchang Winter 2019.
- 5 May 2018First competition: Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018. A 29.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xingzhuo Xiao (肖星灼) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Mingxiao Xu (徐铭孝) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.