People · China
Yupeng Zhang (张毓芃)
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021ZHAN24
Yupeng Zhang (张毓芃) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,446th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2021, he has put 85 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.72 in April 2021 to 10.46, an 18% improvement. Yupeng has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.46 | 13.72 | top 8.8% | 3,446 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.93 | top 23.2% | 3,860 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 50.25 | 56.81 | top 25.0% | 2,661 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.66 | 10.84 | top 50.3% | 5,290 / 10,224 |
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
- 4 Apr 2021First competition: Beijing Spring AM 2021. A 12.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
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.
- Zhenming Zhang (张振铭) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yichen Ye (叶逸晨) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.