People · China
Chenyu Zhang (张宸语)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024ZHAN82
Chenyu Zhang (张宸语) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,776th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2024, he has put 115 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.56 in June 2024 to 8.91, a 46% improvement. Chenyu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.91 | 10.94 | top 4.7% | 1,776 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.44 | top 9.5% | 1,424 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,615 / 5,926 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Beijing Spring Open 2026.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.98 at Xuzhou Autumn 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024First competition: Tianjin Open 2024. A 16.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Youran Shao (邵宥然) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.