People · China
Zhen Xia (夏榛)
2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025XIAZ02
Zhen Xia (夏榛) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Nanchang Winter 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in April 2025 to 9.20, a 36% improvement. Zhen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 4.37 | top 4.6% | 629 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 10.31 | top 5.3% | 2,059 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.95 | 10.90 | top 35.8% | 3,895 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 9.93 | 10.52 | top 54.5% | 3,034 / 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 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Nanchang Winter 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: Nanchang Spring 2025. A 14.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 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.
- Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xuanyu Cai (蔡暄予) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yunbo Gu (古韵博) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.