People · China
Yibo Xu (许一博)
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025XUYI03
Yibo Xu (许一博) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.48, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,395th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.24 in November 2025 to 8.48, a 17% improvement. Yibo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 10.77 | top 3.7% | 1,395 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 4.30 | top 19.6% | 3,218 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 12.03 | top 38.2% | 4,142 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 14.37 | 17.55 | top 76.2% | 3,930 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.48 at Hangzhou Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Hangzhou Winter 2025. A 10.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
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.
- Xuewei Zhang (章学威) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yuchuan Gao (高雨川) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jingyu Lin (林敬逾) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.