People · China
Bowen Zhan (占博文)
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018ZHAB01
Bowen Zhan (占博文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.15, set at Nanchang Winter 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,085th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2018, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.41 in May 2018 to 10.15, a 55% improvement. Bowen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.15 | 11.92 | top 7.9% | 3,085 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.34 | top 14.7% | 2,320 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 46.13 | 48.22 | top 19.7% | 2,124 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 6.77 | 14.45 | top 31.8% | 1,948 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.60 | 11.89 | top 41.4% | 4,445 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,403 / 5,922 |
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
- 2 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.33 at Nanchang Good Morning 2021.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.23 at Nanchang Open 2019.
- 5 May 2018First competition: Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018. A 22.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jingbin Li (李晶斌) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yaxing Wang (王亚兴) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.