People · China
Xiang Xiao (肖翔)
4×4 · top 0.48% of 85,040 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025XIAO11
Xiang Xiao (肖翔) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.89, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in China. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 230 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Xiang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 23.89 | 30.99 | top 0.48% | 47 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 46.91 | 52.75 | top 1.0% | 37 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 | 7.25 | 8.20 | top 1.7% | 601 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.17 | 14.60 | top 2.0% | 174 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 1:32.93 | 1:41.16 | top 2.4% | 41 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 2:27.76 | 2:35.94 | top 3.4% | 66 / 1,274 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.15 | top 5.0% | 611 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 5.90 | top 7.4% | 416 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 4.36 | top 17.3% | 2,823 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 34.67 | top 20.4% | 218 / 1,071 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 8.54 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2025.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMCanton Haizhu 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Junliang Huang (黄骏亮) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuchong Liu (刘雨翀) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 3.89 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 6.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.