People · Spain
Hanzhan Zhao
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHAO07
Hanzhan Zhao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in Spain. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 183 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in March 2025 to 9.44, a 27% improvement. Hanzhan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.44 | 12.19 | top 5.9% | 240 / 5,141 | |
| Skewb | 3.56 | 10.22 | top 8.1% | 225 / 1,685 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.09 | top 13.2% | 516 / 3,845 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.82 | 9.05 | top 18.7% | 577 / 2,865 | |
| Clock | 9.46 | 10.45 | top 22.3% | 183 / 876 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.52 | 1:11.79 | top 41.2% | 620 / 1,762 |
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 2026Four personal bests in one day at IndalOpen O'Clock 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at IndalOpen O'Clock 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: El Ejido Open 2025. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IndalOpen O'Clock 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- SEK-Alborán Almerimar Open 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- IndalOpen O'Clock 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- El Ejido Open 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Marcos Caballero Marsilla — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raúl Cuevas Castillo — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jose Sánchez García — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.