People · China
Xinhang Xie (谢欣航)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017XIEX01
Xinhang Xie (谢欣航) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Nanning Open 2018, puts her in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,365th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, she has put 173 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 9.85 in October 2017 to 8.45, a 14% improvement. Xinhang 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 | 8.45 | 10.24 | top 3.6% | 1,365 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.38 | top 7.2% | 1,032 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 37.07 | 46.23 | top 8.8% | 905 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.27 | 23.65 | top 10.9% | 1,061 / 5,922 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.16 | 1:34.69 | top 20.0% | 602 / 1,678 | |
| Skewb | 6.38 | 7.55 | top 28.7% | 1,775 / 5,004 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 9.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Nanning Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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 her.
- Shengyang Zhong (钟声扬) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as she improves.