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Jason Zheng

3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,458th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2018, he has put 663 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 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 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time
7.78
signature single · Princeton Winter 2020
663
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.789.43
top 2.4%1,458 / 60,666
Square-19.3414.21
top 5.0%371 / 6,846
4×433.8138.11
top 5.7%878 / 19,354
Skewb3.615.72
top 8.4%1,323 / 19,164
Pyraminx4.707.04
top 11.4%3,023 / 29,168
Megaminx1:04.171:18.73
top 12.2%845 / 8,026
5×51:13.011:19.15
top 13.9%1,077 / 9,537
Clock7.769.42
top 14.0%1,098 / 9,172
2×23.004.32
top 14.3%5,693 / 41,674
3×3 one-handed19.3722.47
top 18.9%2,463 / 15,900
6×62:27.062:35.64
top 24.2%868 / 4,262
3×3 blindfolded2:04.22—
top 34.8%729 / 2,128
7×74:35.41—
early days — 2 solves1,257 / 3,236
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves49.67
early days — 3 solves1,325 / 2,059

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: 8.15Penn Cube Day Fall 2026: 9.807.7816.8810 Feb 201810 Oct 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.