People · China
Zhenxiong Guo (郭镇熊)
2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019GUOZ05
Zhenxiong Guo (郭镇熊) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Chengdu Spring Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,043rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2019, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.08 in May 2019 to 2.33, a 43% improvement. Zhenxiong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.33 | 4.90 | top 7.3% | 1,043 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 13.37 | 14.95 | top 18.7% | 7,293 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 6.15 | 10.74 | top 26.9% | 1,665 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.04 | 10.06 | top 36.5% | 3,963 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,567 / 1,678 |
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
- 11 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021.
- 1 May 2019First competition: Chengdu Open 2019. A 18.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Gang Ji (纪纲) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junliang Li (李俊良) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.