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Bofan Zhang (张博藩)

3×3 · top 0.0042% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021ZHAN01

Bofan Zhang (张博藩) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at Deqing Small & Special 2026, puts him in the top 0.0042% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in China. Until June 2023, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,603 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in January 2021 to 3.39, a 68% improvement. Bofan has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.0042% of 284,439 all-time
3.39
signature single · Deqing Small & Special 2026
1,603
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×33.394.38
top 0.0042%8 / 28,153
4×416.9721.44
top 0.0083%1 / 5,926
2×20.671.31
top 0.094%12 / 15,796
Pyraminx1.532.19
top 0.46%48 / 10,224
5×547.1651.30
top 1.1%39 / 2,816
Megaminx45.2349.26
top 3.2%68 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed12.3915.49
top 3.5%305 / 5,922
Skewb3.705.25
top 8.9%515 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves244 / 1,058

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

Nanchang Good Morning 2021: 10.56Chengdu New Year Morning 2021: 12.47Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 6.84Shaoxing Morning 2021: 9.64Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 7.26Beijing Spring AM 2021: 7.69Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 8.10Kunshan Afternoon 2021: 7.99Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 7.77Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 7.65Singapore Championship 2023: 4.51Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 4.80Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 5.26Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 5.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 4.50Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 4.72Hefei Winter Open 2023: 4.35Hangzhou Spring 2024: 5.03Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 5.18Nanchang Spring 2024: 4.44Tianjin Open 2024: 4.72Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 3.95Xi'an Open 2024: 4.38Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 4.42Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 4.53Hangzhou Open 2024: 4.34Yancheng Open 2024: 4.92Parets Open 2025: 4.55Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 4.80Nanchang Spring 2025: 4.32Beijing Summer 2025: 4.35Lishui Open 2025: 4.30Yancheng Open 2025: 4.55Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 4.86Taizhou Open 2025: 4.34Zibo Open 2025: 4.15Jiangmen Open 2025: 4.39Xuzhou Open 2025: 4.38Deqing Small & Special 2026: 3.39Hangzhou Open 2026: 4.21Huanggang Open 2026: 3.88Zhangzhou Open 2026: 4.69Nanchang Summer 2026: 4.34Shanghai Summer 2026: 4.29Beihai Open 2026: 4.34Nanning Open 2026: 4.413.3912.472 Jan 202123 Aug 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-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.