People · United States
Kyle Anthony Zheng
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020ZHEN05
Kyle Anthony Zheng has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,920th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2020, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.85 in January 2020 to 9.88, a 45% improvement. Kyle 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.88 | 11.87 | top 7.1% | 3,920 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.41 | 27.42 | top 24.3% | 3,132 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 55.39 | 1:03.79 | top 31.2% | 4,924 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 6.36 | 7.56 | top 54.6% | 22,320 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 3:20.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,775 / 9,401 |
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
- 10 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.70 at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 11 Jan 2020First competition: Potomac Speedcubing 2020. A 17.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
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.
- Stone Payne — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eric Hsu (徐玉云) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Charles Jerome — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.