People · China
Daxiang Zhou (周大翔)
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010ZHOU12
Daxiang Zhou (周大翔) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Weihai Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,417th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2010, he has put 520 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in September 2010 to 8.50, a 38% improvement. Daxiang has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.50 | 10.31 | top 3.7% | 1,417 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 38.46 | 41.83 | top 10.3% | 1,085 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 5.20 | top 17.2% | 2,770 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.03 | 1:29.51 | top 18.3% | 880 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 8.68 | top 20.4% | 2,326 / 10,224 |
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
- 13 Apr 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Shandong Spring Open 2014.
- 21 Jul 2012Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer 2012.
- 25 Dec 2011Four personal bests in one day at Tianjin Open 2011.
- 31 Jul 2011Three personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2011.
- 12 Sep 2010First competition: Shandong 2010. A 19.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Sep 2010First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at Shandong 2010.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2026 · 5 Jul 2026
- Weihai Open 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zibo Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- Harbin Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
- Weihai Open 2016 · 15 May 2016
- Shandong Spring Open 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Weifang Open 2013 · 14 Apr 2013
- Shandong Open 2012 · 14 Oct 2012
- Qingdao Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2011 · 25 Dec 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Shandong 2010 · 12 Sep 2010 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ming Jiao (焦明) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Zhihao Jia (贾志豪) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.