People · China
Yanxi Zhang (张延曦)
5×5 · top 10.0% of 40,792 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZHAY05
Yanxi Zhang (张延曦) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:07.59, set at Deqing Big & Blind 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in China. Until July 2009, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 21 official solves on the record across three events. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:30.74 in August 2024 to 1:07.59, a 26% improvement. Yanxi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:07.59 | 1:13.04 | top 10.0% | 489 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 38.30 | 49.55 | top 10.1% | 1,070 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 12.41 | 14.10 | top 15.3% | 6,017 / 28,153 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 12.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Zhen Yuan (袁桢) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Weikang Zheng (郑炜康) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Qingyang Zhao (赵清杨) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 7.59 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.