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Timothy Zhang (张学义)

Megaminx · top 3.6% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ZHAN52

Timothy Zhang (张学义) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 46.41, set at UCSD Weeknights IV 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 261st in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2022, he has put 973 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.28 in November 2022 to 8.78, a 22% improvement. Timothy has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 3.6% of 34,786 all-time
46.41
signature single · UCSD Weeknights IV 2025
973
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx46.4153.61
top 3.6%261 / 7,841
3×38.7810.96
top 4.4%2,432 / 59,724
2×22.735.09
top 11.3%4,435 / 40,951
4×439.3547.50
top 11.4%1,672 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.7521.15
top 14.4%1,882 / 15,683
Square-115.8219.20
top 18.3%1,237 / 6,743
Skewb5.0311.29
top 18.4%2,924 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.0913.68
top 20.7%5,566 / 28,708
5×51:22.491:27.09
top 21.1%1,639 / 9,401
Clock20.0326.55
top 64.7%5,522 / 8,927

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

Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 11.28UCSD Spring 2023: 9.29Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 11.94UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 10.20Pride in Long Beach 2023: 11.64UCSD Summer 2023: 10.43UCSD Unofficial Events 2023: 12.10UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 10.07UCSD Winter 2023: 11.50UCSD Winter 2024: 10.35Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 10.01Triton Tricubealon 2024: 10.03San Diego Newcomers 2024: 9.78CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 10.73La La Land 2024: 9.91Super Duper San Diego 2024: 9.75UCSD Fall 2024: 10.28UCLA Spring 2025: 8.78Let's Cube Long Beach 2025: 9.64Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.66UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 12.22Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.17UCSD March A 2026: 9.98Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 10.22UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 9.59UCSD Weeknights IX 2026: 10.808.7812.225 Nov 202224 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Alex Lehman — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
  • Shane Grogan — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Dylan Govic — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 18 times

Next targets

  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 6.41 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.