People · China
Zhangming Peng (彭章铭)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PENG14
Zhangming Peng (彭章铭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Maoming Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 527th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2017, he has put 233 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.98 in October 2017 to 7.13, a 40% improvement. Zhangming has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.13 | 8.76 | top 1.5% | 527 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.70 | 12.42 | top 1.6% | 134 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 36.80 | 41.76 | top 8.5% | 873 / 5,926 |
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
- 30 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 7.13 at Maoming Open 2019.
- 22 Oct 2017First competition: Zhanjiang Open 2017. A 13.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2019 · 30 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best 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.
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ruikang Lu (陆瑞康) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.