People · China
Ruiyang Zhang (张睿扬)
4×4 · top 1.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZHAR08
Ruiyang Zhang (张睿扬) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 28.34, set at Zhengzhou Zeal 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 179th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2018, he has put 101 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 4×4 best has come down from 35.93 in July 2018 to 28.34, a 21% improvement. Ruiyang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 28.34 | 30.43 | top 1.9% | 179 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 9.45 | top 2.7% | 981 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 58.61 | 1:04.94 | top 4.8% | 228 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.88 | 2:15.21 | early days — 3 solves | 361 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.26 | 3:53.44 | early days — 3 solves | 518 / 1,261 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Spring 2024.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018First competition: Beijing Summer 2018. A 11.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Zeal 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Deyang Wang (王德阳) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aolin Tang (唐奥林) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.34 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.