People · United States
Edison Zhao
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHAO08
Edison Zhao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,788th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 66 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in March 2025 to 8.20, a 42% improvement. Edison has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.20 | 10.63 | top 3.1% | 1,788 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 41.90 | 49.48 | top 14.4% | 2,147 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.64 | 1:37.87 | top 26.2% | 2,049 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.19 | 27.74 | top 29.3% | 3,788 / 15,683 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Long Island Summer 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Great Peconic Bay 2025. A 14.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Rogers — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.