People · China
Xuyang Zhang (张煦阳)
3×3 Fewest Moves · top 4.0% of 12,294 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014ZHAN43
Xuyang Zhang (张煦阳) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 24 moves, set at FMC Europe 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in China. Across 15 competitions since October 2014, he has put 181 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.40 in October 2014 to 10.48, a 53% improvement. Xuyang 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 Fewest Moves | 24 moves | 26.00 | top 4.0% | 42 / 1,058 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.17 | 4.07 | top 4.2% | 511 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 12.52 | top 8.9% | 3,470 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.93 | 57.71 | top 15.7% | 1,698 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 3.72 | top 18.9% | 3,083 / 15,796 | |
| Square-1 | 16.45 | 19.99 | top 19.7% | 313 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.09 | 30.62 | top 26.3% | 2,590 / 5,922 |
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
- 1 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017.
- 2 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 1 Jan 2015First sub-20 3×3: 14.22 at Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015.
- 1 Jan 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015.
- 1 Oct 2014First competition: Guangdong Open 2014. A 22.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMCanton Haizhu 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- FMCanton Nansha 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- FMC under the Mistletoe 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- FMC Europe 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Danish Fewest Moves Championship 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Guangzhou Quiet Day 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016
- FMC Asia 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube of Prime Numbers 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015 · 1 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014
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.
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Qijun Miao (缪其隽) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.