People · China
Xiuyuan Wu (吴修远)
3×3 · top 2.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017WUXI02
Xiuyuan Wu (吴修远) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.60, set at Yancheng Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 786th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2017, he has put 289 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.63 in August 2017 to 7.60, a 40% improvement. Xiuyuan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.60 | 9.90 | top 2.2% | 786 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.58 | 13.17 | top 2.5% | 218 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.14 | top 7.2% | 1,035 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 37.08 | 40.28 | top 8.9% | 937 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.70 | 1:23.06 | top 16.7% | 835 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 683 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 7.52 | top 22.3% | 2,570 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 11.88 | 13.26 | top 34.3% | 845 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 24.45 | 38.27 | top 38.0% | 651 / 1,373 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.37 | 3:14.23 | early days — 3 solves | 903 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 9.68 | 11.80 | top 53.0% | 2,981 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:05.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 954 / 1,184 |
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 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 12.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 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 his.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.