People · China
Xiran Long (龙希然)
3×3 one-handed · top 0.52% of 74,621 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024LONG22
Xiran Long (龙希然) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts her in the top 0.52% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2024, she has put 185 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 18.34 in December 2024 to 9.00, a 51% improvement. Xiran 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 one-handed | 9.00 | 10.84 | top 0.52% | 44 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 7.43 | 8.18 | top 1.9% | 683 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 2.87 | top 9.4% | 1,410 / 15,939 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nanning Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: Shenzhen Open 2024. A 8.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chengjun Chen (陈诚骏) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Zixiao Wei (韦梓骁) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
Targets move as she improves.