People · China
Zhaoxuan Guan (关兆炫)
2×2 · top 1.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023XUAN02
Zhaoxuan Guan (关兆炫) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2023, he has put 667 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.93 in May 2023 to 1.24, a 58% improvement. Zhaoxuan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.24 | 1.98 | top 1.2% | 130 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 6.90 | 8.13 | top 1.2% | 447 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.81 | 4.39 | top 3.0% | 364 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 31.42 | 34.69 | top 3.8% | 381 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 2.89 | 4.79 | top 4.5% | 244 / 5,030 | |
| Clock | 5.38 | 7.72 | top 5.4% | 106 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 9.65 | 13.18 | top 5.5% | 71 / 1,373 | |
| Megaminx | 52.33 | 58.06 | top 6.2% | 149 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.00 | 1:16.56 | top 7.9% | 389 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.43 | 17.51 | top 9.1% | 883 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.86 | 2:39.56 | top 22.1% | 497 / 1,363 | |
| 7×7 | 4:29.20 | — | early days — 3 solves | 778 / 1,274 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Championship 2025.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.44 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 26 May 2023First competition: Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023. A 10.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023
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 93 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.