People · Australia
Ray Zhang (张灏睿)
4×4 · top 1% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ZHAN89
Ray Zhang (张灏睿) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.03, set at Altona Algorithms 2024, puts him in the top 1% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28th in Australia. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2019, he has put 1,206 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.94 in April 2019 to 6.75, a 43% improvement. Ray has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.03 | 31.97 | top 1% | 28 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 | 6.75 | 8.93 | top 1.1% | 122 / 11,709 | |
| 7×7 | 2:18.95 | 2:21.82 | top 2.2% | 9 / 523 | |
| 2×2 | 1.53 | 2.48 | top 2.3% | 186 / 8,567 | |
| 6×6 | 1:32.30 | 1:41.75 | top 2.3% | 11 / 641 | |
| 5×5 | 54.61 | 57.69 | top 3.2% | 48 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.89 | 4.23 | top 3.3% | 149 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.49 | 15.75 | top 3.7% | 82 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 51.29 | 55.87 | top 5.7% | 74 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 7.00 | 8.79 | top 10.9% | 128 / 1,095 | |
| Skewb | 5.82 | 8.61 | top 24.4% | 649 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 21.29 | 27.24 | top 30.9% | 297 / 899 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 48.33 | top 51.8% | 229 / 468 |
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
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kensington May Upstairs 2024.
- 23 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Four The Win Dandenong 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Side N Blind Narre Warren 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2023.
- 21 Jan 2022Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 17 Apr 2021Six personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington May Upstairs 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Four The Win Dandenong 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Cranbourne Crazy Clock Attempt 2 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 13 personal bests set
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Winter 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Horsham 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 131 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
- Lennon Hughes — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead 80 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.