People · China
Zelin Gao (高泽林)
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025GAOZ01
Zelin Gao (高泽林) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,742nd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 55 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.10 in January 2025 to 10.70, a 57% improvement. Zelin 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 | 10.70 | 13.08 | top 9.6% | 3,742 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 4.70 | top 24.8% | 4,171 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 11.18 | top 28.3% | 3,153 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.82 | 10.30 | top 39.9% | 2,376 / 5,004 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.12 at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 22 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Autumn Begins 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at Beijing Only 3x3 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Beijing Winter 2025. A 25.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 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.
- Junze Huang (黄俊泽) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Youran Shao (邵宥然) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.