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Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦)

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2011 · 2011ZHAN03

Lijiaqi Zhang (张李佳琦) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Anyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2011, he has put 736 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.03 in March 2011 to 8.02, a 56% improvement. Lijiaqi has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.48
signature single · Anyang Open 2019
736
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.482.81
top 2.1%238 / 15,796
3×38.0210.15
top 2.8%1,017 / 28,153
4×435.5240.54
top 7.2%727 / 5,926
Skewb3.658.61
top 8.6%495 / 5,004
Megaminx1:03.951:09.67
top 12.1%327 / 1,678
5×51:10.861:17.91
top 12.2%601 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed17.4220.15
top 13.6%1,353 / 5,922
Pyraminx5.987.29
top 19.9%2,273 / 10,224
6×62:24.702:32.14
top 22.9%501 / 1,349
7×74:05.054:35.25
early days — 3 solves638 / 1,261
Clock12.8121.28
top 38.8%928 / 1,843
Square-125.0626.89
top 39.3%671 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves40.33
early days — 3 solves560 / 1,058

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

Xi'an Spring 2011: 18.03Floating Clouds Open 2011: 14.09Xi'an Lucky Open 2011: 12.58Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 12.47Qingdao Open 2012: 13.75Guiyang Open 2012: 11.08Beijing Summer 2012: 13.71Xi'an Newborn 2012: 13.43Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 12.85Beijing Open 2017: 13.16China Championship 2017: 12.24Beijing Open 2018: 11.43Baoji Open 2018: 10.53China Championship 2018: 9.56Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 9.68Anyang Open 2019: 9.79Linfen Open 2019: 8.96China Championship 2019: 9.50Baoji Open 2019: 8.02Tianjin Autumn 2019: 9.84Beijing University Cube League 2025: 8.728.0218.036 Mar 201125 Oct 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.