People · China
Xinyuan Gu (谷昕原)
2×2 · top 1.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GUXI01
Xinyuan Gu (谷昕原) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.35, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 182nd in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2023, he has put 122 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Xinyuan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 2.05 | top 1.6% | 182 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 7.66 | 9.58 | top 2.2% | 819 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 33.83 | 36.80 | top 5.7% | 589 / 5,999 |
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 Nov 2023First competition: Shenzhen Youth Open 2023. A 8.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.