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Xuechao Zhang (张学超)

3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ZHAX02

Xuechao Zhang (张学超) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.73, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,004 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.17 in June 2017 to 6.73, a 34% improvement. Xuechao has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time
6.73
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025
1,004
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.738.75
top 1.1%399 / 28,499
3×3 one-handed10.1612.40
top 1.2%111 / 5,994
4×426.8529.54
top 1.3%134 / 5,999
Square-16.697.68
top 1.4%22 / 1,373
Pyraminx2.424.00
top 2.0%246 / 10,269
2×21.522.54
top 2.2%264 / 15,939
5×552.4956.52
top 2.5%108 / 2,857
Skewb3.045.01
top 5.2%287 / 5,030
7×72:41.132:54.64
top 5.8%118 / 1,274
Clock5.569.47
top 5.9%119 / 1,887
6×61:47.151:56.03
top 6.3%145 / 1,363
Megaminx53.331:00.57
top 6.7%164 / 1,693
3×3 blindfolded2:10.81—
early days — 1 solve545 / 1,184
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve466 / 1,071

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

Beijing Open 2017: 10.17Nanjing Spring 2018: 7.10Xuzhou Open 2018: 8.55Hefei Summer 2018: 8.82China Championship 2018: 9.39Xuzhou Winter 2018: 8.03Xuzhou Spring 2019: 9.08Linfen Open 2019: 8.72China Championship 2019: 8.26Xuzhou Winter 2019: 7.14Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 7.30Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 7.43Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 6.73Cube Camp in Suan Phueng 2025: 8.21Beijing University Cube League 2025: 7.88Xuzhou Open 2025: 8.45Huanggang Open 2026: 7.566.7310.1724 Jun 20177 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.