People · China
Yiming Zheng (郑一鸣)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHEN30
Yiming Zheng (郑一鸣) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.95, set at Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,000th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in October 2025 to 7.95, a 25% improvement. Yiming 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 | 7.95 | 9.84 | top 2.7% | 1,000 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 7.45 | top 19.8% | 2,290 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 5.44 | 10.21 | top 21.6% | 1,362 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 43.00 | early days — 3 solves | 328 / 1,071 | |
| 2×2 | 4.64 | 5.49 | top 34.8% | 6,048 / 15,939 |
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
- 20 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.10 at Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hefei Open 2025. A 12.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 IV 2026 · 1 Jul 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 III 2026 · 17 Jun 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026 · 3 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 20 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- 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.
- Haoran Jing (荆浩然) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuzhe Gan (甘宇喆) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.