People · China
Xinlei Chen (陈鑫磊)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023CHEX01
Xinlei Chen (陈鑫磊) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Cayro Toledo Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,214th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2023, he has put 234 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.44 in July 2023 to 9.36, a 39% improvement. Xinlei has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 9.36 | 13.49 | top 5.7% | 2,214 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.92 | top 8.2% | 1,205 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 8.12 | top 20.0% | 2,288 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 46.49 | 52.69 | top 20.2% | 2,174 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.70 | 28.58 | top 25.2% | 2,474 / 5,922 | |
| Square-1 | 23.61 | 33.54 | top 36.1% | 602 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.51 | 2:35.69 | top 63.2% | 2,444 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 20.19 | 22.07 | top 65.2% | 1,440 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 36.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,945 / 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
- 14 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Cayro Toledo Open 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cayro Toledo Open 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First competition: Parla Open 2023. A 15.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Las Tablas Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Plaza Río 2 Open 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cayro Toledo Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- IndalOpen O'Clock 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Madrid Norte Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Las Tablas Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Parla Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Jesús Lindo García — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.