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Jiaqian Zhang (张佳倩)

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,744th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2016, she has put 360 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 35,811 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 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.87
signature single · China Championship 2018
360
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%1,744 / 28,153
4×435.2041.83
top 6.9%693 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.185.66
top 8.6%1,031 / 10,224
2×23.144.93
top 15.9%2,538 / 15,796
Clock8.1911.15
top 16.1%350 / 1,843
5×51:21.881:31.77
top 20.6%979 / 2,816
Square-130.17—
early days — 3 solves856 / 1,362
Skewb10.8512.08
top 60.0%3,278 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed37.25—
early days — 2 solves4,937 / 5,922
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves—
early days — 3 solves807 / 1,058

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: 9.728.8715.1013 Aug 201624 May 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 — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.20 away.

Targets move as she improves.