People · China
Tiancheng Zhang (张天成)
3×3 · top 0.48% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHAN32
Tiancheng Zhang (张天成) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at Fuzhou Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 183rd in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 191 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.21 in March 2025 to 5.99, a 17% improvement. Tiancheng 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 | 5.99 | 6.99 | top 0.48% | 183 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 29.43 | 32.64 | top 2.5% | 241 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 2.37 | top 2.9% | 350 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.99 | 15.99 | top 4.4% | 390 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 4.52 | top 4.5% | 545 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.05 | 5.84 | top 5.2% | 289 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.26 | 1:07.42 | top 6.2% | 293 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.07 | 1:20.68 | top 16.3% | 486 / 1,678 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.03 | 2:25.19 | early days — 3 solves | 445 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:44.36 | 3:49.14 | early days — 3 solves | 502 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 23.34 | 25.05 | top 35.5% | 596 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 15.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,198 / 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
- 17 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2026.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Linhai Newcomers 2025. A 7.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Fuzhou Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Quangang Morning 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Linhai Newcomers 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Jiashun Wu (吴嘉顺) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Qifeng Wang (王祺丰) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.