Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Laphang Zhu

People · China

Laphang Zhu

3×3 · top 40.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ZHUL02

Laphang Zhu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.22, set at Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023, puts him in the top 40.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,893rd in China. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.75 in November 2022 to 20.22, an 18% improvement. Laphang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.6% of 284,439 all-time
20.22
signature single · Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.2225.91
top 40.6%13,893 / 28,153
2×210.9512.15
top 81.3%13,068 / 15,796
Pyraminx14.8816.88
top 81.4%8,044 / 10,224
4×42:33.00
early days — 2 solves5,828 / 5,926

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

Oakville Fall B 2022: 24.75Appleby Winter B 2023: 27.53Pickering B 2023: 22.67Newmarket Favourites 2023: 21.51Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 20.2220.2227.5327 Nov 202229 Apr 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.