People · China
Xiran Hu (胡希然)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HUXI02
Xiran Hu (胡希然) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.10, set at Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026, puts her in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 527th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since November 2023, she has put 544 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.00 in November 2023 to 7.10, a 29% improvement. Xiran has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.10 | 8.46 | top 1.5% | 527 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 2.08 | top 2.4% | 283 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 29.91 | 34.66 | top 2.8% | 282 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.21 | 4.44 | top 4.4% | 542 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.70 | 1:18.52 | top 14.3% | 421 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.43 | 1:18.64 | top 15.0% | 745 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 5.36 | 5.99 | top 21.0% | 1,317 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 9.68 | 10.90 | top 23.4% | 546 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.82 | 25.82 | top 28.3% | 2,805 / 5,994 |
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
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2025.
- 16 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dalian Open 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Shenyang Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Chongqing Open 2023. A 10.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Autumn 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Harbin Open 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dandong Yalu River Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 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 her.
- Heyu Fu (付荷语) — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as she improves.