People · China
Lichen Zhou (周李宸)
Pyraminx · top 8.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHOU06
Lichen Zhou (周李宸) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,068th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. Lichen 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 6.98 | top 8.7% | 1,068 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 14.09 | 16.23 | top 21.4% | 8,385 / 28,499 | |
| Clock | 12.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 889 / 1,887 | |
| 2×2 | 5.37 | 5.77 | top 43.9% | 7,636 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 10.34 | 15.84 | top 57.1% | 3,177 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 993 / 1,071 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.12 at Taizhou Open 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025First competition: Xuzhou Newcomers 2025. A 15.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2025 · 27 Jul 2025
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 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.
- Yiming Zuo (左一鸣) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Puze Mao (毛朴泽) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.