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Xiangrui Zhao (赵祥瑞)

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024ZHAO21

Xiangrui Zhao (赵祥瑞) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.03, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 481st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2024, he has put 80 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.66 in April 2024 to 7.03, a 19% improvement. Xiangrui has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.03
signature single · Zibo Open 2025
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.037.99
top 1.4%481 / 28,153
2×22.272.83
top 6.8%959 / 15,796
Skewb4.459.58
top 14.1%856 / 5,004

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

Shenyang Spring 2024: 8.66Zibo Open 2024: 9.21Zibo Open 2025: 7.03Weihai Open 2025: 7.367.039.215 Apr 20249 Nov 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.