People · China
Le Zhou (周玏)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHOU37
Le Zhou (周玏) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 685th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.21 in October 2025 to 7.47, a 33% improvement. Le has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.47 | 9.01 | top 1.9% | 685 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.26 | top 11.8% | 1,821 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.53 | 33.19 | top 32.9% | 3,165 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.71 | 12.28 | top 42.3% | 4,528 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 20.87 | 27.48 | top 67.2% | 1,464 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 19.17 | 22.65 | top 88.3% | 4,372 / 5,004 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Xianju NxN 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hefei Open 2025. A 11.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.