People · Spain
Zhiqi Zhou Xie
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023XIEZ01
Zhiqi Zhou Xie has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Spanish Championship 2024, puts her in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 257th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2023, she has put 295 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in July 2023 to 9.54, a 48% improvement. Zhiqi has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 11.07 | top 6.2% | 257 / 5,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.56 | 17.95 | top 9.3% | 98 / 1,315 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 5.03 | top 11.9% | 467 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.20 | 15.06 | top 46.6% | 1,317 / 2,865 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.15 | 2:48.04 | top 63.1% | 473 / 863 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.30 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,013 / 1,762 |
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
- 29 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Spanish Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2024.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at X-Madrid Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Las Tablas Open 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023First competition: Lazarillo Open 2023. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Móstoles Open 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Las Tablas Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- URJC Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Huashang: Las Tablas Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2024 · 29 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mirasierra Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Madrid Norte Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Parla Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- X-Madrid Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Móstoles Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Getafe Continúa 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Velilla Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- URJC Open 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Las Tablas Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Lazarillo Open 2023 · 29 Jul 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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Francisco Montañés Barbudo — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as she improves.