People · China
Ze Tan (谭泽)
2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2026 · 2026TANZ01
Ze Tan (谭泽) has been competing for 2 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 509th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2026, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 2.52 | top 3.8% | 509 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 9.99 | top 5.5% | 2,142 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.52 | 4.59 | top 5.6% | 677 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 5.78 | top 12.9% | 799 / 5,030 |
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 Aug 2026First competition: Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026. A 9.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 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.
- Zishuo Zhang (张子硕) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zichen Xia (夏紫晨) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.