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Zhibo Xuan (禤志博)

Square-1 · top 0.72% of 25,662 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017XUAN01

Zhibo Xuan (禤志博) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Kunshan Side Events 2021, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in China. Until September 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since January 2017, he has put 960 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.69 in January 2017 to 7.46, a 41% improvement. Zhibo has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.72% of 25,662 all-time
5.86
signature single · Kunshan Side Events 2021
960
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Square-15.868.92
top 0.72%11 / 1,373
4×427.8630.54
top 1.7%173 / 5,999
5×550.0255.84
top 1.8%77 / 2,857
3×37.469.30
top 1.9%699 / 28,499
Pyraminx2.654.17
top 2.6%316 / 10,269
7×72:28.052:38.78
top 3.4%68 / 1,274
6×61:39.201:42.97
top 3.9%71 / 1,363
Skewb2.785.17
top 4.0%214 / 5,030
3×3 one-handed12.8716.38
top 4.3%385 / 5,994
Megaminx51.8558.43
top 6.0%145 / 1,693
Clock5.957.17
top 7.1%146 / 1,887
2×22.523.47
top 9.2%1,369 / 15,939
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves34.00
top 17.5%187 / 1,071

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

Shenzhen New Year 2017: 12.69Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.78Dongguan Summer 2019: 10.56Nanjing Autumn 2019: 10.48Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 10.77Jieyang Winter 2020: 7.46Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 11.41Shaoxing Afternoon 2021: 10.63Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 9.02Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 8.65Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 9.78Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 8.43Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 9.75Beijing University Cube League 2025: 8.13Xuzhou Open 2025: 9.40Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 8.82Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.09Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 9.39Hangzhou Open 2026: 8.56Wuhu Open 2026: 8.677.4612.691 Jan 201725 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 70 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.