People · United States
Leo Zhao
3×3 · top 12.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025ZHAO17
Leo Zhao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,517th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.69 in May 2025 to 11.43, a 68% improvement. Leo 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.43 | 13.47 | top 12.0% | 6,517 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.49 | 5.64 | top 32.9% | 13,274 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.96 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14,158 / 19,354 |
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
- 11 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at OKC Weeknight Solves 2025.
- 10 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 15.56 at OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025.
- 10 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.56 at OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Oklahoma Championship 2025. A 35.69 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Championship 2026 · 15 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Weeknight Solves 2025 · 11 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Championship 2025 · 3 May 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.
- Nickolai Jones — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jake Maddox — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zion Wahlgren — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.