People · China
Zhaohong Huang (黄兆鸿)
3×3 · top 0.97% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019HUAZ01
Zhaohong Huang (黄兆鸿) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.63, set at Shenzhen Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.97% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 371st in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2019, he has put 494 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.48 in August 2019 to 6.63, a 42% improvement. Zhaohong has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 6.63 | 8.41 | top 0.97% | 371 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.18 | 13.35 | top 2.0% | 177 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.86 | 5.42 | top 3.2% | 381 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 31.66 | 38.57 | top 4.0% | 399 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 2.91 | top 5.0% | 703 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.06 | 5.33 | top 11.4% | 681 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 12.90 | 14.43 | top 39.2% | 961 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 30.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 882 / 1,373 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 20 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2024.
- 1 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 1 May 2021Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2021.
- 4 Aug 2019First competition: Dongguan Summer 2019. A 11.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Zhangzhou Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
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.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ruikang Lu (陆瑞康) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.