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Hongjie Zhang (张鸿杰)

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.2% of 12,334 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018ZHAH02

Hongjie Zhang (张鸿杰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 19.52, set at Hefei September Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in China. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since May 2018, he has put 744 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in May 2018 to 8.36, a 35% improvement. Hongjie has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.2% of 12,334 all-time
19.52
signature single · Hefei September Open 2026
744
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded19.5222.84
top 1.2%15 / 1,184
3×3 one-handed10.8914.05
top 1.7%148 / 5,994
3×38.369.83
top 3.5%1,327 / 28,499
Pyraminx3.537.07
top 5.6%684 / 10,269
4×434.5845.00
top 6.4%666 / 5,999
2×22.263.96
top 6.7%966 / 15,939
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves35.33
top 8.0%80 / 1,071
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 17 cubes · 54:05—
top 8.2%26 / 279
Skewb4.786.45
top 16.6%1,037 / 5,030
Megaminx1:15.391:23.26
top 19.0%589 / 1,693
5×51:29.671:38.38
top 27.1%1,279 / 2,857
4×4 blindfolded6:15.36—
top 31.2%60 / 149
Square-121.9826.32
top 32.6%560 / 1,373
Clock11.5413.16
top 32.7%800 / 1,887
7×74:23.044:28.61
top 38.8%749 / 1,274
6×63:06.333:08.42
top 44.1%867 / 1,363
5×5 blindfolded32:32.00—
early days — 1 solve91 / 97

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

Fujian Championship 2018: 12.96Quanzhou Open 2018: 12.06Xiamen Open 2018: 11.65Fuzhou Spring 2019: 11.67Xiamen Open 2019: 12.29Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 10.67Xiamen Autumn 2019: 12.02Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021: 11.26Chongqing Open 2023: 12.09Changsha Open 2023: 8.48Hangzhou Spring 2024: 8.36Xuzhou Open 2024: 10.32Shenyang Spring 2024: 8.70Kunshan Open 2024: 9.90Guiyang Open 2024: 10.03Xi'an Open 2024: 10.58Beijing Winter 2025: 9.72Harbin Open 2025: 9.02Taizhou Open 2025: 8.95Guilin Open 2025: 9.65Nanchang Winter 2025: 9.46Quanzhou Summer 2026: 14.62Shenyang Cubing League 3x3 III 2026: 8.748.3614.6212 May 20181 Jul 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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 20 people have one; it is 4.52 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.