People · China
Xuanqi Cao (曹轩绮)
2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CAOX02
Xuanqi Cao (曹轩绮) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.80, set at Xuzhou Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 91 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in September 2024 to 9.65, a 14% improvement. Xuanqi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 1.80 | 4.21 | top 3.6% | 474 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.65 | 12.89 | top 6.5% | 2,517 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.48 | 47.02 | top 13.9% | 1,503 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.15 | 8.05 | top 21.1% | 2,414 / 10,224 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Xuzhou Autumn 2024. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 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 his.
- Zhibo Xuan (禤志博) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.