People · China
Elena Zhi (支茁)
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025ZHIE01
Elena Zhi (支茁) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at L'Open de Meaux 2026, puts her in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,359th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, she has put 192 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.10 in May 2025 to 10.30, a 46% improvement. Elena has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 10.30 | 11.89 | top 8.4% | 3,359 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 10.64 | top 8.5% | 1,030 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 3.86 | top 16.0% | 2,591 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 45.39 | 55.11 | top 18.8% | 2,078 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.08 | 1:49.50 | top 34.0% | 1,562 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.82 | 3:35.59 | top 51.5% | 981 / 1,363 | |
| Skewb | 9.53 | 11.63 | top 52.0% | 2,930 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,903 / 5,994 | |
| 7×7 | 5:50.91 | 6:00.92 | top 65.5% | 1,075 / 1,274 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at L'Open de Meaux 2026.
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rueil Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Nanterre 2 Folie 2026.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.97 at Cube Plan Baie 2025.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Longjum'Open 2025. A 19.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- L'Open de Meaux 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rueil Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanterre 2 Folie 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Chevry Miel 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Plan Baie 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanterre Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 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 her.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Decalf — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Michel Ye — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as she improves.