People · China
Xieben Zou
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZOUX03
Xieben Zou has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Koersel Sunday Open 2023, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,855th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2018, he has put 424 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in July 2018 to 10.80, a 41% improvement. Xieben has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.80 | 13.23 | top 9.9% | 3,855 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 39.54 | 47.16 | top 11.6% | 1,231 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 4.62 | top 21.6% | 3,556 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:28.18 | 1:44.06 | top 22.4% | 309 / 1,183 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 7 cubes · 50:34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 73 / 278 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.68 | 1:47.98 | top 30.4% | 1,377 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.89 | 38.18 | top 46.4% | 4,106 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | top 48.3% | 560 / 1,058 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 11:24.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 107 / 149 |
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
- 7 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Koersel Sunday Open 2023.
- 1 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at German Mini Open B 2022.
- 15 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Annuntia Open 2020.
- 26 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.73 at German Big Cube Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at German Big Cube Open 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Cologne Open 2018. A 18.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CuBonn Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023
- Aasee Algorithms 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Koersel Sunday Open 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2022 · 19 Aug 2022
- German Mini Open B 2022 · 1 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- German Side Events 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- German Mini Open B 2021 · 7 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Annuntia Open 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Germany 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- German Big Cube Open 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- German Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- German Big Cube Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cologne Open 2018 · 14 Jul 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.
- Jan Bentlage — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simone Ohler — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Cedric Meysing — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.