People · China
Xiaolong Gong (龚啸龙)
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024GONG07
Xiaolong Gong (龚啸龙) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.89, set at Hangzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,782nd in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.37 in March 2024 to 9.89, a 13% improvement. Xiaolong 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 | 9.89 | 11.81 | top 7.1% | 2,782 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 5.31 | top 23.0% | 3,805 / 15,796 |
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
- 15 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Hangzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Huzhou Open 2024. A 11.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Han Wang (汪涵) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yechen Yan (颜叶辰) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.