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Nanbin Zhang (张楠彬)

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009ZHAN52

Nanbin Zhang (张楠彬) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.23, set at Shenzhen New Year 2016, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,395th in China. Across 31 competitions since October 2009, he has put 825 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.93 in October 2009 to 11.23, a 30% improvement. Nanbin has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.23
signature single · Shenzhen New Year 2016
825
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2313.93
top 11.2%4,395 / 28,153
5×51:11.581:19.49
top 12.8%621 / 2,816
4×440.7246.74
top 12.9%1,402 / 5,926
2×22.925.31
top 13.3%2,076 / 15,796
6×62:07.732:26.84
top 14.4%311 / 1,349
3×3 one-handed17.8122.57
top 14.6%1,445 / 5,922
7×73:16.343:23.46
top 15.1%305 / 1,261
Megaminx1:44.212:13.26
top 37.2%1,088 / 1,678
Pyraminx19.5523.66
top 92.3%9,162 / 10,224

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

Guangdong Open 2009: 15.93Changsha Open 2011: 14.91Guangdong Open 2012: 13.18Shantou Open 2013: 13.06Guangdong Open 2013: 13.13Shenzhen Open 2015: 12.18Hefei Open 2015: 15.28Huizhou Open 2015: 13.59Shantou Open 2015: 13.09Wuxi Open 2015: 13.29Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 12.51China Championship 2015: 12.25Shenzhen New Year 2016: 11.23Huizhou Open 2016: 12.94Shantou Open 2016: 13.23TKK Open 2016: 12.37Chaozhou Open 2017: 12.39China Championship 2017: 14.97Xiamen Autumn 2017: 13.48Jieyang Open 2018: 14.00Jieyang Winter 2019: 12.95Shenzhen Good Morning 2020: 15.44Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 12.29Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 14.01Zhuhai Open 2025: 14.9011.2315.931 Oct 200915 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 11.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.