People · China
Yitian Xu (许益湉)
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023XUYI02
Yitian Xu (许益湉) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.76, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts her in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,645th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2023, she has put 260 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in November 2023 to 8.76, a 41% improvement. Yitian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.76 | 11.15 | top 4.3% | 1,645 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 8.88 | top 14.8% | 1,747 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.98 | top 16.3% | 2,609 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 47.27 | 56.39 | top 21.2% | 2,281 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:35.38 | 2:44.63 | top 25.0% | 340 / 1,183 | |
| Clock | 14.70 | 15.72 | top 46.8% | 1,104 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 9.80 | 13.84 | top 53.7% | 2,991 / 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
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at Guilin Open 2025.
- 24 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Jiangmen Open 2025.
- 19 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Vietnam Championship 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 21 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Spring 2024.
- 26 Nov 2023First competition: Shenzhen Youth Open 2023. A 14.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Blind Legends 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vietnam Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 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 her.
- Xiaoyi Lin (林小懿) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as she improves.