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Gino Zhao
3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ZHAO08
Gino Zhao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.85, set at Brisbane Finnish Afternoon 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 661st in Australia. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 132 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.57 in March 2024 to 9.85, a 44% improvement. Gino has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.85 | 12.18 | top 7.1% | 661 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 12.10 | top 18.3% | 905 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 3.89 | 5.32 | top 25.1% | 1,975 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.63 | 39.83 | top 60.3% | 1,440 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.44 | — | early days — 2 solves | 818 / 1,313 | |
| Skewb | 11.75 | 15.37 | top 64.8% | 2,205 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,271 / 3,108 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Brisbane Finnish Afternoon 2026.
- 2 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Brisbane Newcomers 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024. A 25.91 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024.
Competitions
- Brisbane Finnish Afternoon 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Newcomers 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- MarsdeNxN 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Smith — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexander Tronoff — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.