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Loïc Zhang

4×4 · top 0.63% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ZHAN31

Loïc Zhang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 24.71, set at Tigery Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in France. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,105 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.96 in July 2022 to 6.38, a 54% improvement. He has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.63% of 83,917 all-time
24.71
signature single · Tigery Open 2026
1,105
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
4×424.7130.11
top 0.63%8 / 1,817
3×36.387.27
top 0.75%53 / 4,746
3×3 one-handed10.4615.61
top 1.4%27 / 1,490
2×21.482.77
top 2.1%152 / 3,074
5×551.3757.01
top 2.2%19 / 1,024
Square-19.3712.07
top 5.0%27 / 540
Skewb3.035.94
top 5.1%350 / 1,291
Pyraminx3.495.86
top 5.4%204 / 2,148
3×3 blindfolded49.001:59.42
top 9.5%46 / 434
Megaminx1:01.121:13.03
top 10.6%89 / 867
6×62:03.682:11.72
top 12.5%40 / 437
Clock7.8410.04
top 14.4%100 / 714
7×73:18.723:32.71
top 15.9%39 / 372
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves36.67
early days — 3 solves0 / 367
4×4 blindfolded10:59.00—
early days — 2 solves47 / 71

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

FLIP Open 2022: 13.96Massy Palais'Open A 2022: 13.51French Championship 2023: 10.44Longjum'Open 2024: 9.57Chelles Open 2024: 8.66Polytechnique Open 2024: 9.51Tigery Open 2024: 9.04Palais'Open 2024: 8.36Chevry Open 2024: 8.32Réau Open 2024: 7.46Chelles Open 2025: 6.73Tigery Open 2025: 8.19Longjum'Open 2025: 7.95Rubik's CLuBB de Boulogne-Billancourt 2025: 8.91Chevry Miel 2025: 7.34Palais'10Open 2025: 7.22Chanteloup Open 2026: 6.44Chelles Open 2026: 7.20Tigery Open 2026: 7.20Longjum'Open 2026: 6.38Rueil Open 2026: 6.87Gif-sûr de PR 2026: 6.556.3813.9623 Jul 202230 May 2026

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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.71 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.