People · China
Xiaole Chen (陈晓乐)
Clock · top 0.62% of 32,817 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024CHEX04
Xiaole Chen (陈晓乐) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.89, set at Foshan Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in China. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2024, he has put 198 official solves on the record across nine events. His Clock best has come down from 4.68 in August 2025 to 2.89, a 38% improvement. Xiaole has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.89 | 4.50 | top 0.62% | 4 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 7.12 | 11.29 | top 2.0% | 28 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 55.28 | 1:04.20 | top 3.5% | 165 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 47.02 | 53.51 | top 3.8% | 86 / 1,693 | |
| 4×4 | 34.38 | 37.37 | top 6.2% | 646 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.92 | top 6.6% | 946 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.62 | 19.47 | top 7.4% | 728 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 11.05 | top 8.1% | 3,237 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 666 / 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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Special 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024First competition: FMC Cubing China 2024.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
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.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 18 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 210 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.