People · China
Xiaole Zhang (张小乐)
3×3 · top 0.24% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ZHAX02
Xiaole Zhang (张小乐) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at Xi'an Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 262 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Xiaole has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 5.49 | 6.78 | top 0.24% | 106 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 25.55 | 29.94 | top 0.87% | 87 / 5,999 | |
| 5×5 | 51.25 | 55.77 | top 2.1% | 92 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.17 | 14.35 | top 3.2% | 290 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 48.54 | 59.29 | top 4.5% | 107 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.20 | top 5.5% | 773 / 15,939 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.16 | 2:02.81 | early days — 3 solves | 177 / 1,363 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 6.38 | top 13.7% | 1,655 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 10.83 | 13.30 | top 29.2% | 709 / 1,887 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2026.
- 7 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Huanggang Open 2026.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Xuzhou Autumn 2024. A 6.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Sirun Wu (吴思润) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.