People · China
Jingwen Zhang (张竞文)
2×2 · top 6.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026ZHAN62
Jingwen Zhang (张竞文) has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.22, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 908th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2026, he has put 54 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.16 in May 2026 to 2.22, a 30% improvement. Jingwen has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.78 | top 6.4% | 908 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 11.65 | top 8.2% | 3,207 / 28,153 | |
| Clock | 10.82 | 12.60 | top 29.2% | 684 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,758 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.97 | 30.49 | top 44.3% | 3,956 / 5,922 |
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
- 1 May 2026First competition: Start of Summer Beijing 2026. A 10.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 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.
- Zhongcheng Shen (谌重丞) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xintong Wang (王心潼) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.