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Jason Zheng

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018ZHEN08

Jason Zheng has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at Princeton Winter 2020, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,411th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2018, he has put 621 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in February 2018 to 7.78, a 54% improvement. Jason has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.78
signature single · Princeton Winter 2020
621
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.789.43
top 2.4%1,411 / 59,724
Square-19.3414.21
top 5.0%364 / 6,743
4×433.8138.11
top 5.7%864 / 19,072
Skewb3.615.72
top 8.4%1,299 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.707.41
top 11.4%2,969 / 28,708
Megaminx1:04.171:18.73
top 12.2%828 / 7,841
5×51:13.011:19.15
top 13.8%1,056 / 9,401
Clock7.769.42
top 14.0%1,072 / 8,927
2×23.004.32
top 14.2%5,587 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed19.3722.47
top 18.8%2,425 / 15,683
6×62:27.062:35.64
top 24.1%854 / 4,196
7×74:35.41—
early days — 2 solves1,235 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:33.85—
top 44.5%952 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves49.67
early days — 3 solves1,310 / 2,040

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

Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 16.88ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 13.19Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 13.91First State 2018: 12.18Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 11.75George School Open 2019: 9.31Arcadia Summer 2019: 8.48CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.55SBU Fall 2019: 8.37Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 8.74Scranton Scramble 2020: 9.34Princeton Winter 2020: 7.78Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 8.33Penn Cube Day Fall 2024: 8.79Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 8.18Penn Cube Day Fall 2025: 8.66Penn Cube Day Spring 2026: 8.157.7816.8810 Feb 201822 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.