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Jiaqian Zhang (张佳倩)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAJ02

Jiaqian Zhang (张佳倩) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at China Championship 2018, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,782nd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2016, she has put 402 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.10 in August 2016 to 8.87, a 41% improvement. Jiaqian has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time
8.87
signature single · China Championship 2018
402
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.8711.05
top 4.6%1,782 / 28,499
4×435.2041.41
top 7.0%722 / 5,999
Pyraminx4.185.66
top 8.6%1,051 / 10,269
2×23.144.93
top 16.0%2,591 / 15,939
Clock8.1911.15
top 16.0%366 / 1,887
5×51:21.501:31.77
top 20.4%988 / 2,857
Square-130.17—
early days — 3 solves864 / 1,373
3×3 one-handed35.37—
top 58.0%4,841 / 5,994
Skewb10.8512.08
top 60.0%3,300 / 5,030
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 3 solves820 / 1,071

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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 15.10Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 12.07China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 10.56Nanning Open 2018: 10.36China Championship 2018: 8.87Fuzhou Open 2018: 9.80Fuzhou Spring 2019: 12.25Dongguan Summer 2019: 11.45Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.39Shenzhen Open 2023: 11.22Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 12.45Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 10.43Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.88Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 11.26Foshan Open 2026: 10.77Liuzhou Open 2026: 9.72Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 10.04Guilin Open 2026: 10.428.8715.1013 Aug 201618 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.20 away.

Targets move as she improves.