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Zhen Chen (陈震)

3×3 · top 0.0025% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CHEN30

Zhen Chen (陈震) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Deqing Small & Special 2026, puts him in the top 0.0025% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in China. Until June 2023, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since March 2023, he has put 1,276 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 5.59 in March 2023 to 3.32, a 41% improvement. Zhen has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.0025% of 284,439 all-time
3.32
signature single · Deqing Small & Special 2026
1,276
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×33.325.09
top 0.0025%5 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed6.126.99
top 0.0095%2 / 5,922
4×422.3625.84
top 0.23%27 / 5,926
2×21.512.40
top 2.2%255 / 15,796

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 5.59Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 5.35Changsha Open 2023: 4.75Hangzhou Spring 2024: 5.25Xuzhou Open 2024: 5.53Kunshan Open 2024: 4.88Xi'an Open 2024: 5.24Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 4.90Guilin Open 2024: 4.68Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 4.78Shenzhen Open 2024: 4.17Hangzhou Open 2024: 4.84Xi'an New Year 2025: 5.07Luoyang Spring 2025: 4.66Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 5.01Beijing Summer 2025: 4.71Lishui Open 2025: 5.10Yancheng Open 2025: 5.05Zhuhai Open 2025: 4.96Harbin Open 2025: 4.12Taizhou Open 2025: 4.53Ningbo Autumn 2025: 4.99Guilin Open 2025: 4.61Hefei Open 2025: 5.00Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 4.95Xuzhou Open 2025: 4.96Hangzhou Winter 2025: 4.44Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 5.01Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 3.91Xianju NxN 2026: 5.03Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 4.52Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 4.07Deqing Small & Special 2026: 3.32Foshan Open 2026: 4.53Hangzhou Open 2026: 3.38Weihai Open 2026: 4.18Nanchang Summer 2026: 4.70Wuhu Open 2026: 4.34Shanghai Summer 2026: 3.73Fuzhou Summer 2026: 4.583.325.594 Mar 202323 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 3×3 single — 3 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.