People · China
Yang Zhang (张阳)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019ZHAY05
Yang Zhang (张阳) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at Zhengzhou Zest 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 153rd in China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2019, he has put 68 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.90 in May 2019 to 8.68, a 42% improvement. Yang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 one-handed | 11.00 | 17.43 | top 1.8% | 153 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.68 | 9.36 | top 4.1% | 1,567 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.98 | 6.21 | top 39.1% | 6,744 / 15,796 |
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
- 10 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 26 May 2019First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2019. A 15.88 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Zhengzhou Open 2019.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Songtao Zhang (张松涛) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.