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Xieben Zou

3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,946th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2018, he has put 517 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 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 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time
10.80
signature single · Koersel Sunday Open 2023
517
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.8013.23
top 9.9%3,946 / 28,499
4×439.5447.16
top 11.6%1,265 / 5,999
3×3 blindfolded1:14.391:42.46
top 17.6%252 / 1,184
2×23.614.62
top 21.6%3,611 / 15,939
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 50:34—
early days — 2 solves74 / 279
5×51:33.681:47.98
top 30.5%1,407 / 2,857
Pyraminx7.549.83
top 32.4%3,591 / 10,269
3×3 one-handed29.8938.18
top 46.5%4,171 / 5,994
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.5%571 / 1,071
4×4 blindfolded9:26.86—
early days — 3 solves97 / 149
5×5 blindfolded31:44.00—
early days — 1 solve89 / 97
Skewb23.9230.14
top 94.1%4,682 / 5,030

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

Cologne Open 2018: 18.21German Big Cube Open 2018: 16.38German Open 2019: 16.41German Big Cube Open 2019: 12.73Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 14.07Annuntia Open 2020: 11.88Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 12.36German Mini Open B 2021: 11.30German Mini Open B 2022: 11.78German Nationals 2022: 12.34Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 10.80Aasee Algorithms 2023: 13.39CuBonn Open 2026: 13.93Visé Sunday Open 2026: 12.93Kölner Kubing 2026: 13.2510.8018.2114 Jul 201825 Sep 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-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.