People · United States
Simon Zhang
3×3 · top 6.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024ZHAS05
Simon Zhang has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Vanderbilt Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,423rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2024, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Simon has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 12.00 | top 6.1% | 3,423 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 6.96 | top 40.1% | 16,379 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.35 | 16.13 | top 69.4% | 20,866 / 29,168 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: Solving at Sycamore TN 2024. A 10.21 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Solving at Sycamore TN 2024.
Competitions
- Vanderbilt Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving at Sycamore TN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Roxana Johnson — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Teddy Everhart — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Isaiah Garrison — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.