People · China
Boxun Zhang (张博勋)
3×3 · top 0.11% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZHAB01
Boxun Zhang (张博勋) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.95, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in China. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 348 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.38 in September 2024 to 4.95, a 22% improvement. Boxun has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 4.95 | 6.31 | top 0.11% | 56 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 8.82 | 10.00 | top 0.44% | 39 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 0.98 | 1.98 | top 0.52% | 49 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 25.52 | 27.79 | top 0.86% | 82 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 48.65 | 51.70 | top 1.4% | 61 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.76 | 4.61 | top 2.9% | 348 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 2.66 | 5.40 | top 3.5% | 184 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 53.16 | 1:00.10 | top 6.7% | 160 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 1:55.01 | 1:59.21 | top 9.2% | 209 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 3:09.68 | 3:22.63 | top 13.2% | 271 / 1,274 | |
| Clock | 8.32 | 11.35 | top 16.6% | 379 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 18.90 | 21.04 | top 25.5% | 434 / 1,373 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 16 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dalian Open 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Sirun Wu (吴思润) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 155 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.