People · China
Zhengzhe Li (李征哲)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025LIZH07
Zhengzhe Li (李征哲) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Zhengzhe has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 9.66 | top 3.0% | 1,073 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 54.01 | 59.87 | top 3.0% | 137 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 33.46 | 35.16 | top 5.3% | 526 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.71 | 20.83 | top 9.6% | 924 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.79 | 2:21.89 | early days — 3 solves | 258 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 5.53 | 6.00 | top 45.7% | 7,820 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026.
- 4 Apr 2025First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025. A 8.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
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.
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaichen Huang (黄楷宸) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xuan Wang (王璇) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 4.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.