People · Australia
Ricky Zhang
Skewb · top 9.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019ZHAN11
Ricky Zhang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.84, set at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 258th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2019, he has put 258 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.34 in January 2019 to 11.68, a 50% improvement. Ricky has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.84 | 7.58 | top 9.8% | 258 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 11.68 | 13.25 | top 12.8% | 1,131 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.58 | top 19.0% | 1,422 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.91 | 10.63 | top 35.4% | 1,884 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.29 | 1:03.97 | top 36.8% | 978 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,644 / 2,659 |
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
- 17 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 18 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019First competition: Melbourne Summer 2019. A 23.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
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 48 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.