People · China
Yijia Zhang (张艺嘉)
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2026 · 2026ZHAN27
Yijia Zhang (张艺嘉) has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Yancheng Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 685th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since March 2026, he has put 24 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 | 7.47 | 8.79 | top 1.9% | 685 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.46 | top 9.1% | 1,346 / 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 story so far
- 29 Mar 2026First competition: Yancheng Spring Open 2026. A 7.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Liang He Yi (梁鶴譯) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shaobo Cai (蔡邵博) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hongyu Chen (陈泓羽) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.