People · China
Xingda Gu (谷兴沓)
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018GUXI02
Xingda Gu (谷兴沓) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 632nd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2018, he has put 189 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.63 in December 2018 to 11.75, a 56% improvement. Xingda 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.45 | 5.53 | top 5.3% | 632 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.75 | 13.95 | top 13.0% | 5,145 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 4.95 | top 14.9% | 2,369 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.77 | 7.78 | top 24.0% | 1,484 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.54 | 34.03 | top 27.5% | 2,697 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 15.15 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,146 / 1,843 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.07 at Shijiazhuang Open 2019.
- 26 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.54 at Zhengzhou Open 2019.
- 31 Dec 2018First competition: Beijing Winter 2018. A 26.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 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.
- Yibo Wang (王奕博) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.