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Haochang Zhang (张皓昶)

3×3 one-handed · top 0.84% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHAH18

Haochang Zhang (张皓昶) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.68, set at Beijing Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2019, he has put 285 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.86 in August 2019 to 7.16, a 58% improvement. Haochang has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.84% of 73,695 all-time
9.68
signature single · Beijing Spring Open 2026
285
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed9.6812.91
top 0.84%69 / 5,922
3×37.168.96
top 1.5%542 / 28,153
2×21.994.00
top 4.7%641 / 15,796
4×435.3339.22
top 7.0%703 / 5,926
Pyraminx5.369.08
top 15.5%1,819 / 10,224
5×51:17.761:24.44
top 17.4%842 / 2,816
Skewb9.7013.40
top 53.0%2,961 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve774 / 1,058

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

Dongguan Summer 2019: 16.86Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 11.13Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.06Guangdong Open 2021: 10.48Fushun Open 2024: 8.04Tianjin Open 2024: 8.60Xi'an Open 2024: 8.22Beijing Summer 2025: 8.80Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 7.16Beijing Spring Open 2026: 8.597.1616.864 Aug 201928 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.