Yaqian Xu (徐雅芊)

Yaqian Xu (徐雅芊) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts her in the top 0.014% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in China. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2025, she has put 299 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 6.20 in May 2025 to 4.01, a 35% improvement. Yaqian has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.