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Brian Zhong

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022ZHON03

Brian Zhong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at UCSB Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,474th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2022, he has put 361 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in June 2022 to 7.86, a 45% improvement. Brian has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · UCSB Cubing 2024
361
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.869.83
top 2.5%1,474 / 59,724
2×22.654.49
top 10.4%4,094 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed17.2321.68
top 13.2%1,698 / 15,683
Clock11.5114.98
top 32.6%2,559 / 8,927
4×41:00.301:06.28
top 36.8%5,930 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded2:15.572:59.88
early days — 3 solves811 / 2,092
Pyraminx9.4312.74
top 48.4%14,030 / 28,708
Skewb9.7513.23
top 53.4%9,637 / 18,907
Megaminx2:17.562:40.17
top 55.1%4,135 / 7,841
5×53:14.04—
early days — 2 solves7,549 / 9,401
Square-11:03.35—
early days — 1 solve5,761 / 6,743

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

Berkeley Summer 2022: 14.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 13.48Berkeley Fall 2022: 10.62A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 12.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 9.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 10.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 9.77Berkeley Summer 2023: 10.01Santa Barbara Cubing 2024: 11.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 9.26Folsom Summer 2024: 9.24Davis Summer 2024: 8.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 10.09UCSB Cubing 2024: 7.86Rocklin Winter 2024: 8.86Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 8.61Benicia Open 2025: 7.97San Ramon Fall 2025: 8.03Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 8.81Belmont Spring 2026: 9.35Alameda County Fair 2026: 10.217.8614.3011 Jun 202227 Jun 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.