People · China
Jinchao Zhang (张锦朝)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024ZHAJ02
Jinchao Zhang (张锦朝) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Beihai Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 675th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2024, he has put 42 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.77 in October 2024 to 2.17, a 22% improvement. Jinchao has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.41 | 8.57 | top 1.9% | 675 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.89 | 4.27 | top 3.3% | 395 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 2.93 | top 6.0% | 859 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 24.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,628 / 1,887 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Oct 2024First competition: Guilin Open 2024. A 7.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
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.
- Tiancong Lu (陆天聪) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lianpeng Chen (陈联鹏) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Huanyi Tan (谭焕疑) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.