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Zheyi Gao (郜哲屹)

4×4 · top 2.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018GAOZ06

Zheyi Gao (郜哲屹) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.50, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2018, he has put 430 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.39 in November 2018 to 8.31, a 27% improvement. Zheyi has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.6% of 83,917 all-time
29.50
signature single · Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026
430
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×429.5035.16
top 2.6%248 / 5,926
5×553.421:03.60
top 2.8%120 / 2,816
3×38.3110.32
top 3.4%1,253 / 28,153
2×21.892.63
top 4.1%538 / 15,796
6×61:48.681:57.01
top 6.7%152 / 1,349
7×72:51.773:01.96
top 8.4%173 / 1,261
Pyraminx4.567.12
top 10.6%1,257 / 10,224
Megaminx1:03.151:09.92
top 11.6%315 / 1,678
Skewb4.266.36
top 12.7%771 / 5,004
Clock7.889.54
top 14.7%316 / 1,843
Square-114.8423.64
top 16.1%245 / 1,362
3×3 one-handed18.5722.41
top 16.6%1,643 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded2:06.87
early days — 3 solves514 / 1,183

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

Hangzhou Open 2018: 11.39Hangzhou Open 2019: 11.67China Championship 2019: 11.20Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 10.35Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024: 11.86Taizhou Open 2025: 8.31Guilin Open 2025: 9.55Xi'an Autumn 2025: 10.40Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 9.78Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 8.908.3111.8610 Nov 20184 May 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.50 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 3.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.