People · China
Shuchang Zhang (张书畅)
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020ZHAN22
Shuchang Zhang (张书畅) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,939th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2020, he has put 86 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.14 in December 2020 to 9.09, a 31% improvement. Shuchang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 10.71 | top 5.1% | 1,939 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.97 | top 9.6% | 1,445 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.95 | 24.99 | top 25.9% | 2,545 / 5,922 |
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
- 20 Jun 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021.
- 13 Dec 2020First competition: Guangzhou Good Morning 2020. A 13.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Good Morning 2020 · 13 Dec 2020
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 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhenming Zhang (张振铭) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.