People · Canada
Brian Huaxia Zhang
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ZHAN02
Brian Huaxia Zhang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.76, set at Cubing on Par B 2023, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 644th in Canada. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2017, he has put 470 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.47 in January 2017 to 9.76, a 69% improvement. Brian has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.76 | 12.60 | top 6.8% | 644 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.13 | top 7.9% | 513 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 42.94 | 47.87 | top 15.7% | 399 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.86 | 8.14 | top 18.9% | 770 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.17 | 9.31 | top 19.5% | 445 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.86 | 31.94 | top 39.0% | 868 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.08 | 1:59.60 | top 43.3% | 546 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 35.88 | 47.57 | top 59.8% | 536 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.07 | 2:48.34 | top 60.3% | 715 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:05.70 | — | top 69.4% | 250 / 351 | |
| 6×6 | 6:01.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 559 / 665 |
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
- 23 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Cubing on Par B 2023.
- 23 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing on Par B 2023.
- 23 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019.
- 29 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.54 at St. John's Spring Open 2018.
Competitions
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Solved Vancouver 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Montreal Limited Winter 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Spokane Valley Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.