People · China
Le Zhou (周玏)
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHOU37
Le Zhou (周玏) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Hangzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 705th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 112 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.47 | 9.01 | top 2.0% | 705 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.26 | top 11.9% | 1,856 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.53 | 33.19 | top 33.0% | 3,219 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.71 | 12.28 | top 42.4% | 4,572 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 20.87 | 27.48 | top 67.2% | 1,499 / 1,887 | |
| Skewb | 19.17 | 22.65 | top 88.3% | 4,401 / 5,030 |
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
- Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- 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 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.