People · China
Yanrui Xie (谢延睿)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023YANR02
Yanrui Xie (谢延睿) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,804th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2023, he has put 401 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.16 in July 2023 to 8.94, a 20% improvement. Yanrui has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.94 | 10.62 | top 4.7% | 1,804 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.61 | top 6.5% | 927 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 6.15 | top 6.7% | 796 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 5.87 | 6.64 | top 6.9% | 137 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 6.04 | top 8.3% | 473 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.08 | 18.96 | top 10.4% | 1,017 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 39.42 | 46.83 | top 11.4% | 1,215 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.21 | 1:26.11 | top 22.0% | 662 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 40.33 | top 26.7% | 289 / 1,058 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.93 | 1:49.27 | top 39.9% | 1,782 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:39.48 | 4:03.27 | early days — 3 solves | 1,062 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 11:11.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,184 / 1,183 |
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
- 4 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Binus Speedcubing 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Binus Speedcubing 2024.
Competitions
- Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026 · 5 May 2026
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Binus Speedcubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangkok Cube Day Rainy 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
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.
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.