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Chi Zhang (张弛)

3×3 · top 0.66% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAC01

Chi Zhang (张弛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.26, set at Vietnam Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.66% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2016, he has put 998 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.62 in August 2016 to 6.26, a 60% improvement. Chi has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.66% of 288,433 all-time
6.26
signature single · Vietnam Championship 2025
998
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.267.81
top 0.66%248 / 28,499
4×427.5530.63
top 1.6%161 / 5,999
Pyraminx2.464.31
top 2.1%262 / 10,269
2×21.532.81
top 2.3%273 / 15,939
3×3 one-handed11.4313.87
top 2.3%195 / 5,994
5×553.8458.23
top 3.0%138 / 2,857
Megaminx51.4056.52
top 5.8%140 / 1,693
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves37.00
top 8.0%80 / 1,071
6×61:53.162:05.20
top 8.5%193 / 1,363
7×72:58.113:07.12
top 10.1%210 / 1,274
Clock6.937.97
top 10.6%246 / 1,887
Square-116.7428.81
top 20.4%333 / 1,373
Skewb5.707.12
top 23.5%1,475 / 5,030

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

Xi'an Open 2016: 15.62XJTU Open 2016: 12.16Xi'an New Year 2017: 11.96Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 11.97China Championship 2017: 11.15Baoji Open 2018: 9.18Ningxia Open 2018: 8.36Xianyang Open 2019: 9.83Baoji Open 2019: 8.55Ningxia Open 2019: 7.67Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.83Xi'an New Year 2020: 8.01Shenzhen Open 2023: 6.65Luoyang Spring 2024: 7.28Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 6.95Vietnam Championship 2024: 6.81Xi'an Open 2024: 7.16Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 7.03Taizhou Open 2025: 6.86Vietnam Championship 2025: 6.26Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 6.51Wuhu Open 2026: 7.16Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 6.386.2615.6213 Aug 20165 Oct 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 2.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.