People · United States
Edison Ma Zhang
3×3 · top 0.64% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ZHAN64
Edison Ma Zhang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.24, set at Michigan Medium 2025, puts him in the top 0.64% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 423rd in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2023, he has put 424 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.79 in November 2023 to 6.24, a 73% improvement. Edison has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.24 | 7.92 | top 0.64% | 423 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 3.95 | top 3.4% | 909 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.45 | 1:07.73 | top 5.7% | 474 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.32 | top 6.0% | 2,413 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 34.40 | 36.54 | top 6.2% | 955 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.30 | 17.03 | top 8.8% | 1,172 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.99 | 5.72 | top 10.8% | 1,671 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.41 | 1:04.82 | top 11.3% | 763 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.67 | 2:28.82 | top 21.3% | 753 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 9.91 | 24.57 | top 24.7% | 1,890 / 8,927 | |
| 7×7 | 5:52.43 | 6:01.91 | early days — 3 solves | 1,996 / 3,184 |
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
- 18 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Mini 42 2026.
- 29 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Medium 2025.
- 13 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Mini 36 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Spring 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 8.87 at Washtenaw Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 44 2026 · 27 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 43 2026 · 7 Jul 2026
- Michigan Mini 42 2026 · 18 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 39 2026 · 19 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Medium 2025 · 29 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 36 2025 · 13 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 34 2025 · 28 Aug 2025
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 25 2024 · 2 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 23 2024 · 23 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Michigan Mini 8 2023 · 13 Nov 2023
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.
- Cole Shaft — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- James Hildreth — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.