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Hongjie Zhang (张鸿杰)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.7% of 73,695 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 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.89, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since May 2018, he has put 725 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 35,811 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 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.7% of 73,695 all-time
10.89
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2024
725
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 one-handed10.8914.05
top 1.7%145 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded21.2823.67
top 1.7%25 / 1,183
3×38.369.83
top 3.4%1,289 / 28,153
Pyraminx3.537.07
top 5.6%666 / 10,224
4×434.5845.00
top 6.3%641 / 5,926
2×22.263.96
top 6.7%947 / 15,796
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves36.00
top 8.0%79 / 1,058
3×3 Multi-Blind16 of 17 cubes · 54:05—
top 8.2%25 / 278
Skewb4.786.45
top 16.5%1,024 / 5,004
Megaminx1:15.391:23.26
top 18.9%573 / 1,678
5×51:29.671:38.38
top 27.0%1,248 / 2,816
4×4 blindfolded6:15.36—
top 31.4%60 / 149
Square-121.9826.32
top 32.5%551 / 1,362
Clock11.5413.16
top 32.8%776 / 1,843
7×74:23.044:28.61
top 38.7%738 / 1,261
6×63:06.333:08.42
top 44.0%858 / 1,349
5×5 blindfolded32:32.00—
early days — 1 solve89 / 95

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.