People · China
Jiayang Zhang (张嘉阳)
6×6 · top 2.5% of 17,510 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ZHAJ16
Jiayang Zhang (张嘉阳) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 6×6: a personal-best single of 1:33.46, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 17,510 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in China. Until October 2016, no official 6×6 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2018, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.45 in October 2018 to 8.36, a 33% improvement. Jiayang has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6×6 | 1:33.46 | 1:37.79 | top 2.5% | 41 / 1,349 | |
| 5×5 | 53.12 | 1:01.06 | top 2.7% | 114 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 2:24.71 | 2:30.45 | top 2.9% | 54 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 8.91 | top 3.4% | 1,289 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 33.02 | 35.35 | top 5.0% | 491 / 5,926 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.36 at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Huzhou Open 2024.
- 13 Oct 2018First competition: Ningbo Open 2018. A 12.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Afternoon 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
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.
- Juewei Hu (胡珏伟) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jiahui Zhu (朱嘉辉) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Xiang Shao (邵翔) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 336 people have one; it is 3.46 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 3.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.