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Xiangwei Chen (陈相炜)

3×3 · top 0.19% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017CHEN54

Xiangwei Chen (陈相炜) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.32, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.19% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2017, he has put 433 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.10 in April 2017 to 5.32, a 72% improvement. Xiangwei has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.19% of 284,439 all-time
5.32
signature single · Taizhou Open 2025
433
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.326.28
top 0.19%77 / 28,153
4×427.1734.46
top 1.4%138 / 5,926
2×21.712.93
top 3.1%398 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed12.7215.78
top 4.0%352 / 5,922
5×51:08.311:10.81
top 10.4%518 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded1:10.111:16.72
top 16.1%228 / 1,183
Pyraminx6.099.31
top 20.7%2,358 / 10,224
Megaminx1:21.201:28.22
top 22.6%680 / 1,678
Skewb6.108.87
top 26.5%1,642 / 5,004

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

Wenzhou Open 2017: 19.10Lishui University Open 2018: 12.12Wenzhou Open 2018: 11.00Xiamen Winter 2019: 8.80Shaoxing Open 2019: 9.06Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 7.64Shaoxing Morning 2021: 7.52Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 7.13Kunshan Morning 2021: 8.08Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 6.76Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.12Chongqing Open 2023: 6.84Hefei Winter Open 2023: 6.08Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 6.42Hangzhou Open 2024: 5.87Taizhou Open 2025: 5.32Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 6.52Shenyang Autumn 2025: 6.32Weihai Open 2025: 5.60Hangzhou Open 2026: 6.595.3219.1030 Apr 201723 May 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.