People · China
Zhaoxuan Dai (代兆轩)
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019DAIZ02
Zhaoxuan Dai (代兆轩) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Yancheng Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,515th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2019, he has put 159 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.16 in April 2019 to 8.62, a 64% improvement. Zhaoxuan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.62 | 9.81 | top 4.0% | 1,515 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 32.98 | 37.73 | top 4.9% | 488 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.17 | 1:11.78 | top 8.5% | 404 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.51 | 20.96 | top 9.2% | 874 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 5.18 | top 35.6% | 6,137 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 8.44 | 11.76 | top 44.6% | 2,600 / 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
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 9.15 at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 9.15 at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Xi'an Open 2024.
- 21 Apr 2019First competition: Dalian Spring 2019. A 24.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Lishui Open 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Qingze Li (李庆泽) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Shang (尚子煜) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.