People · China
Elena Zhi (支茁)
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025ZHIE01
Elena Zhi (支茁) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.15, set at Rueil Open 2026, puts her in the top 8.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,010th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2025, she has put 151 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 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 11.60, a 39% improvement. Elena has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 10.64 | top 8.4% | 1,010 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.60 | 12.83 | top 12.5% | 4,951 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 45.39 | 55.11 | top 18.8% | 2,040 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 4.69 | top 19.4% | 3,193 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.08 | 1:49.50 | top 33.9% | 1,531 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:21.82 | 3:35.59 | top 51.4% | 970 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 9.53 | 11.63 | top 52.0% | 2,908 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 5:50.91 | 6:00.92 | top 65.4% | 1,062 / 1,261 |
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
- 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
- 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 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michel Ye — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Noah Decalf — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as she improves.