People · Australia
Martin Zhao
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022ZHAO01
Martin Zhao has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.38, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 770th in Australia. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2022, he has put 325 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.92 in January 2022 to 10.38, a 39% improvement. Martin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.38 | 11.98 | top 8.6% | 770 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.70 | top 12.0% | 905 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 8.23 | top 15.7% | 759 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 55.79 | 1:04.90 | top 31.7% | 828 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 6.93 | 9.85 | top 33.1% | 928 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.69 | 1:53.75 | top 39.1% | 488 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.74 | — | top 56.4% | 776 / 1,356 | |
| Clock | 20.94 | — | top 67.4% | 721 / 1,095 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 20 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 23 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Wonderful Williamstown 2022.
- 6 Mar 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.99 at Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022.
- 6 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022First competition: Melbourne Summer 2022. A 16.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 70 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.