People · China
Hanfeng Zhang (张涵锋)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZHAH08
Hanfeng Zhang (张涵锋) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,138th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in June 2018 to 8.17, a 48% improvement. Hanfeng has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.17 | 10.70 | top 3.1% | 1,138 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.34 | 11.37 | top 22.5% | 2,574 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.17 | — | top 36.6% | 3,601 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 6.13 | top 38.3% | 6,611 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.37 | 35.47 | top 40.3% | 3,714 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 10.68 | 14.96 | top 59.1% | 3,243 / 5,004 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.17 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 9 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Autumn 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.48 at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018First competition: Xuzhou Open 2018. A 16.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Zibo Open 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Hangzhou Autumn 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Lei Liu (刘磊) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.