People · China
Jie Zheng (郑杰)
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ZHEN53
Jie Zheng (郑杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.65, set at Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,535th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2017, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.68 in November 2017 to 8.65, a 19% improvement. Jie 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.65 | 10.88 | top 4.1% | 1,535 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.73 | 16.95 | top 5.6% | 527 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 46.48 | 50.58 | top 20.1% | 2,172 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 6.04 | top 24.3% | 4,070 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.07 | 1:55.72 | top 33.9% | 1,530 / 2,816 |
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
- 5 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.65 at Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First competition: Nanchang Open 2017. A 12.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018 · 8 Jul 2018
- Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.