People · China
Erwen Zhi
3×3 · top 18.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025ZHIE02
Erwen Zhi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.37, set at L'Open de Meaux 2026, puts him in the top 18.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,445th in China. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.08 in May 2025 to 13.37, a 61% improvement. Erwen 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 | 13.37 | 15.90 | top 18.8% | 7,445 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.49 | 11.59 | top 40.5% | 4,404 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.58 | 1:58.31 | top 69.8% | 5,449 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 5:21.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,848 / 2,857 |
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 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.37 at L'Open de Meaux 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.03 at Chevry Miel 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 23.32 at Cube Plan Baie 2025.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Longjum'Open 2025. A 34.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- L'Open de Meaux 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rueil Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026
- Nanterre 2 Folie 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Chevry Miel 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Plan Baie 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanterre Open 2025 · 17 May 2025
- 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 his.
- Elena Zhi (支茁) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luc Lebeau — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.