People · China
Xuezhong Deng (邓学中)
Square-1 · top 0.37% of 25,662 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024DENG09
Xuezhong Deng (邓学中) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.28, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in China. Until October 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2024, he has put 431 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.59 in July 2024 to 6.66, a 12% improvement. Xuezhong has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 5.28 | 7.22 | top 0.37% | 5 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 | 6.66 | 8.01 | top 1.0% | 380 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 28.60 | 35.69 | top 2.1% | 207 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 58.68 | 1:07.19 | top 4.9% | 243 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 50.56 | 1:03.64 | top 5.4% | 127 / 1,693 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.86 | 18.48 | top 5.9% | 579 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 3.48 | top 10.6% | 1,643 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 6.98 | 7.72 | top 10.7% | 250 / 1,887 | |
| 6×6 | 2:00.72 | 2:11.18 | top 11.3% | 247 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:04.71 | 3:06.77 | top 11.9% | 237 / 1,274 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.17 | 10.83 | top 14.3% | 1,713 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 5.35 | 9.77 | top 20.9% | 1,315 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 42.00 | early days — 3 solves | 415 / 1,071 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 28 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Chengdu Summer 2024. A 7.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Rivalry 2026 · 1 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Xianju Special 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer IV 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 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 his.
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.