People · United States
Xiyao Gu
3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019GUXI01
Xiyao Gu has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.83, set at Cuber Jackets Fall 2023, puts her in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,135th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, she has put 144 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.18 in March 2019 to 11.83, a 41% improvement. Xiyao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.83 | 14.10 | top 13.3% | 7,135 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 53.57 | 58.24 | top 29.0% | 4,530 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 15.65 | top 29.2% | 8,070 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.09 | 1:46.92 | top 32.3% | 2,566 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.41 | 42.84 | top 40.4% | 5,393 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.27 | 7.98 | top 42.6% | 17,170 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 15.37 | 22.53 | top 49.4% | 4,026 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 5:54.35 | 5:57.00 | early days — 3 solves | 2,011 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 15.94 | 23.56 | top 81.1% | 15,528 / 18,907 |
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
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.83 at Cuber Jackets Fall 2023.
- 28 Sep 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.45 at GA Cubers Sunset 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First competition: Terminus 2019. A 20.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cuber Jackets Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Forks Showdown 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cubers Sunset 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Where's Loganville 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Goobers 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vishwa Sankar — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.57 away.
Targets move as she improves.