People · China
Ruoshui Zhang (张若水)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZHAR01
Ruoshui Zhang (张若水) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Xi'an Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2024, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. Ruoshui has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 9.19 | top 3.0% | 1,073 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 4.10 | top 14.8% | 2,346 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.20 | 25.71 | top 21.0% | 2,089 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 47.56 | 56.60 | top 21.6% | 2,322 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 10.31 | 11.91 | top 26.7% | 612 / 1,843 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 9.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.