People · Canada
Mark Zhang
3×3 · top 9.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ZHAN17
Mark Zhang has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at PR Time in Burnaby 2025, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 881st in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2025, he has put 107 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.54 in January 2025 to 10.65, a 15% improvement. Mark has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 13.61 | top 9.5% | 881 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.87 | top 16.0% | 1,083 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 49.35 | 56.59 | top 24.0% | 621 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.16 | 1:32.49 | top 24.4% | 299 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:20.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 146 / 362 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.08 | 3:18.76 | early days — 3 solves | 234 / 683 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.36 | 42.73 | top 61.5% | 1,469 / 2,632 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 293 / 519 | |
| Megaminx | 3:10.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 993 / 1,393 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at PR Time in Burnaby 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Maple Ridge Favourites 2025. A 12.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Toronto Weeknights II 2026 · 21 Oct 2026
- Toronto Weeknights I 2026 · 30 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 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.
- Isaac Davies — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Zhang — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.