People · China
Ziyue Xie (谢梓跃)
3×3 one-handed · top 2.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016XIEZ01
Ziyue Xie (谢梓跃) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.90, set at Jieyang Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in China. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2016, he has put 434 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.81 in August 2016 to 8.28, a 23% improvement. Ziyue has entered 15 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 one-handed | 11.90 | 15.23 | top 2.8% | 248 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.28 | 10.44 | top 3.3% | 1,229 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.79 | top 8.9% | 1,312 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.72 | 5.01 | top 11.5% | 1,376 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 41.03 | 46.15 | top 13.3% | 1,445 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 148 / 1,058 | |
| Square-1 | 14.31 | 20.15 | top 14.8% | 224 / 1,362 | |
| Skewb | 4.63 | 7.71 | top 15.4% | 953 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.91 | 1:21.04 | top 16.8% | 820 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.94 | 1:36.42 | top 25.5% | 790 / 1,678 | |
| 7×7 | 4:20.83 | 4:35.95 | top 38.0% | 730 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:29.82 | — | top 43.2% | 627 / 1,183 |
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
- 12 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Jieyang Open 2018.
- 14 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at XPU Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Shantou Open 2017.
- 18 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Chaozhou Open 2017.
- 7 Aug 2016First competition: Shantou Open 2016. A 10.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
- Jieyang Winter 2019 · 27 Jan 2019
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2018 · 12 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Chaozhou Open 2017 · 18 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Ying Lin (林颖) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Jiongyang Zheng (郑炯扬) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.