People · China
Zhenjie Yang (杨振家)
4×4 · top 4.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021YANG18
Zhenjie Yang (杨振家) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.95, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 482nd in China. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2021, he has put 58 official solves on the record across eight events. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:24.56 in May 2021 to 32.95, a 61% improvement. Zhenjie has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.95 | 38.04 | top 4.9% | 482 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.04 | 1:12.60 | top 7.2% | 344 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.67 | 2:06.31 | early days — 3 solves | 173 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 | 10.95 | 11.67 | top 10.3% | 4,038 / 28,153 | |
| 7×7 | 3:28.25 | 3:39.15 | early days — 3 solves | 394 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.38 | 24.96 | top 27.1% | 2,665 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.76 | 5.55 | top 36.3% | 6,254 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.11 | 12.30 | top 45.8% | 4,871 / 10,224 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 10.95 at Nanning Open 2026.
- 23 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Nanning Open 2026.
- 1 May 2021First competition: Guangdong Open 2021. A 18.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
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.
- Jihao Huang (黄继豪) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jixuan Wang (王佶萱) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 3.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.