People · New Zealand
Jayden Zhu
3×3 · top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHUJ03
Jayden Zhu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.67, set at Auckland Winter Open 2026, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 265th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.92 in March 2025 to 11.67, a 51% improvement. Jayden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.67 | 15.04 | top 12.7% | 265 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 6.71 | 12.04 | top 31.3% | 238 / 666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.94 | 6.82 | top 38.6% | 661 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 19.04 | top 39.2% | 524 / 1,141 | |
| Clock | 19.37 | — | early days — 3 solves | 214 / 303 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 10 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.71 at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
- 16 Mar 2025First competition: Twisting in Titirangi 2025. A 23.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisting in Titirangi 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
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.
- Jacob Coring — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elvis Chung — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.