People · Canada
Raymond Zheng
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ZHEN07
Raymond Zheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Championnat Canadien 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 757th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% 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 27.49 in March 2023 to 10.20, a 63% improvement. Raymond has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.20 | 12.30 | top 8.1% | 757 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 49.53 | 54.47 | top 24.2% | 626 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.62 | 2:12.79 | top 45.8% | 610 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,050 / 2,632 | |
| Skewb | 16.64 | 20.21 | top 83.1% | 2,462 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 12.08 | 27.85 | top 84.6% | 6,286 / 7,245 |
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 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.08 at Championnat Canadien 2025.
- 24 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Championnat Canadien 2025.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.56 at Appleby Fall A 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering A 2023. A 27.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall B 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sophia Warren — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Max Sun — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 9.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.