People · China
Zitong Xie (谢子同)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019XIEZ03
Zitong Xie (谢子同) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.44, set at Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 670th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, he has put 49 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.40 in December 2019 to 7.44, a 21% improvement. Zitong has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.44 | 8.41 | top 1.9% | 670 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.13 | 5.92 | top 14.0% | 1,661 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 3.90 | top 17.8% | 2,874 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 11.32 | 13.91 | top 62.6% | 3,395 / 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
- 8 Dec 2019First competition: Wuxi Winter 2019. A 11.44 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Wuxi Winter 2019.
- 8 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Winter 2019.
Competitions
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 20 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Sicheng Gu (顾思成) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zixuan Qin (秦子轩) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.