People · China
Zechao Kang (亢泽超)
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025KANG26
Zechao Kang (亢泽超) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 826th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zechao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 7.70 | 9.09 | top 2.3% | 826 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.85 | top 9.1% | 1,346 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 39.75 | 46.03 | top 11.8% | 1,264 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.59 | 1:33.13 | top 17.2% | 833 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 652 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:10.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,126 / 1,183 |
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 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hefei Open 2025. A 8.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 II 2026 · 3 Jun 2026
- Hefei Cubing League 3x3 I 2026 · 20 May 2026
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Cubing China 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
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.
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Yuzhe Gan (甘宇喆) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.