People · China
Xing Zhou (周星)
3×3 · top 7.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ZHOU14
Xing Zhou (周星) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.01, set at Xi'an Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,921st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 168 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.75 in April 2018 to 10.01, a 15% improvement. Xing has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.01 | 11.62 | top 7.5% | 2,921 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 5.05 | top 10.6% | 1,619 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 40.13 | 45.80 | top 12.3% | 1,322 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.47 | 21.55 | top 16.3% | 1,614 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.43 | 9.40 | top 31.4% | 3,454 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.31 | 13.34 | top 36.1% | 2,177 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.22 | 1:58.60 | top 38.5% | 1,738 / 2,816 |
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
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 27 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 22 Apr 2018First competition: Lanzhou Open 2018. A 11.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Autumn 2018 · 14 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2018 · 22 Apr 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.
- Haozhi Pan (潘颢之) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yunhui Shi (石蕴辉) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.