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Yan Xia (夏焱)

3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010XIAY01

Yan Xia (夏焱) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.17, set at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,020th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since December 2010, he has put 474 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.09 in December 2010 to 9.17, a 62% improvement. Yan has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.17
signature single · Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021
474
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.1710.61
top 5.3%2,020 / 28,153
2×22.674.98
top 10.6%1,619 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded56.21—
early days — 3 solves178 / 1,183
4×451.3753.62
top 26.4%2,790 / 5,926
Clock11.7312.52
top 33.7%802 / 1,843
5×52:00.902:04.83
top 49.8%2,089 / 2,816
Pyraminx10.1213.19
top 53.9%5,632 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed43.1854.46
top 69.5%5,315 / 5,922
Square-155.611:11.16
top 80.7%1,248 / 1,362
6×64:59.915:15.24
early days — 3 solves1,287 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves54.67
early days — 3 solves964 / 1,058
Skewb17.0921.21
top 84.2%4,236 / 5,004

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

Xi'an Winter Open 2010: 24.09Xi'an Spring 2011: 19.05Xi'an Summer 2011: 16.77Floating Clouds Open 2011: 15.71Xi'an Lucky Open 2011: 15.38Xi'an Autumn Open 2011: 12.53Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 12.16Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 13.03Shanghai Summer 2012: 14.40Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 13.32Xi'an Summer 2013: 11.21Chongqing Open 2013: 12.64Xi'an Summer 2015: 14.40Xi'an Open 2016: 13.58XJTU Open 2016: 13.75Xi'an New Year 2017: 12.00Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 12.47China Championship 2017: 11.48XPU Open 2017: 10.85Xi'an New Year 2018: 9.95Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 12.33Xi'an Open 2018: 12.15Xianyang Open 2019: 11.31Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 10.90Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.88Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 9.17Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021: 12.08Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 9.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.51Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 10.09Xi'an Open 2024: 9.69Xi'an New Year 2025: 9.46Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 9.52Xi'an Autumn 2025: 9.34Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 9.86Xi'an Open 2026: 10.129.1724.0926 Dec 201022 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.