People · China
Weiwen Zhang (章巍玟)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ZHAN95
Weiwen Zhang (章巍玟) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,436th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2016, he has put 774 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in July 2016 to 8.53, a 43% improvement. Weiwen has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.53 | 10.46 | top 3.8% | 1,436 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 3.28 | top 4.1% | 538 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.19 | 4.41 | top 4.3% | 520 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 10.91 | 14.57 | top 7.8% | 108 / 1,362 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 6.87 | top 8.3% | 473 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 38.10 | 43.59 | top 9.9% | 1,044 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.22 | 19.82 | top 13.1% | 1,305 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.31 | 1:21.96 | top 15.6% | 758 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 8.66 | 14.03 | top 18.3% | 404 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 2:33.19 | 2:51.57 | top 27.2% | 589 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 3:59.20 | 4:17.64 | top 30.4% | 595 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:58.84 | — | top 33.1% | 471 / 1,183 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Yangzhou Open 2017.
- 28 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2017.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- AHAU Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
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.
- Qi Zhou (周祺) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.