People · China
Jinwen Zeng (曾锦文)
4×4 · top 6.8% of 85,040 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025ZENG06
Jinwen Zeng (曾锦文) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 34.97, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 696th in China. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.12 in June 2025 to 10.23, a 22% improvement. Jinwen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 34.97 | 38.07 | top 6.8% | 696 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 10.23 | 11.37 | top 8.2% | 3,261 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.97 | 1:17.98 | top 13.9% | 698 / 2,857 |
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 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 15 Jun 2025First competition: Zhuhai Open 2025. A 13.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Wenqiang Yan (严文强) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.