People · China
Baokai Zhang (张宝凯)
3×3 · top 0.33% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ZHAB02
Baokai Zhang (张宝凯) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.70, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 133rd in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 142 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.19 in September 2024 to 5.70, a 21% improvement. Baokai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 5.70 | 7.56 | top 0.33% | 133 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.17 | 2.61 | top 0.95% | 100 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.34 | 19.02 | top 5.0% | 452 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 34.37 | 39.45 | top 6.2% | 622 / 5,926 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2024First competition: Dalian Open 2024. A 7.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 2 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.
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Boxun Zhang (张博勋) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.