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Yifan Zhang (张一凡)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHAY09
Yifan Zhang (张一凡) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,231st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2025, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.73 | top 3.2% | 1,231 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.49 | 16.67 | top 9.2% | 895 / 5,994 |
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 story so far
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hefei Open 2025. A 8.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Wenrui Qian (钱文睿) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anqi Jin (金安琪) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.