People · China
Runping Zhang (张润平)
Skewb · top 3.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ZHAN05
Runping Zhang (张润平) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 5.07 in May 2025 to 2.77, a 45% improvement. Runping 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.77 | 5.18 | top 3.9% | 210 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 12.48 | top 7.8% | 3,018 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 8.24 | 9.85 | top 69.3% | 11,410 / 15,796 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 13.68 at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2026.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Beijing Winter 2025. A 25.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aolin Tang (唐奥林) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiawen Liu (刘佳雯) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.