People · China
Zhan Zhang (张栴)
3×3 · top 0.76% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ZHAN21
Zhan Zhang (张栴) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.38, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.76% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 109 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.78 in January 2025 to 1.67, a 71% improvement. Zhan 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 | 6.38 | 9.45 | top 0.76% | 291 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 2.14 | top 2.9% | 367 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026.
- 4 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026.
- 2 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.21 at Xi'an Autumn 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025First competition: Chongqing New Year 2025. A 15.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing New Year 2025 · 12 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.
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shuda Huang (黄黍达) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.