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Xuewei Zhang (章学威)

3×3 one-handed · top 5.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZHAX04

Xuewei Zhang (章学威) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.72, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 524th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2018, he has put 427 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.00 in June 2018 to 9.89, a 42% improvement. Xuewei has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.6% of 73,695 all-time
13.72
signature single · Taizhou Open 2025
427
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed13.7217.41
top 5.6%524 / 5,922
Pyraminx3.665.39
top 6.1%724 / 10,224
4×434.6144.58
top 6.4%644 / 5,926
3×39.8911.77
top 7.1%2,782 / 28,153
2×22.524.58
top 9.1%1,346 / 15,796
Megaminx59.421:11.31
top 9.7%252 / 1,678
5×51:12.111:18.71
top 13.2%642 / 2,816
Skewb5.047.48
top 18.5%1,149 / 5,004
Clock8.7910.47
top 18.9%418 / 1,843
7×73:47.894:01.82
top 26.4%531 / 1,261
6×62:34.352:41.52
top 27.8%600 / 1,349
Square-121.5225.68
top 31.4%531 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves42.67
top 48.3%560 / 1,058

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

Lishui University Open 2018: 17.00Longyan Open 2018: 15.62Wenzhou Open 2018: 13.71Hangzhou Spring 2024: 12.61Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 11.69Hangzhou Open 2024: 10.64Lishui Open 2025: 9.89Taizhou Open 2025: 11.11Ningbo Autumn 2025: 11.81Hangzhou Winter 2025: 10.31Deqing Small & Special 2026: 10.24Hangzhou Open 2026: 10.329.8917.002 Jun 201823 May 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.