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Zhibao Zhang (张智宝)

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 6.2% of 4,268 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021ZHAN18

Zhibao Zhang (张智宝) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 28 of 38 cubes · 58:52, set at Quanzhou Blindfolded 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in China. Across 9 competitions since March 2021, he has put 41 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 1:25.99 in August 2024 to 40.08, a 53% improvement. Zhibao has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 6.2% of 4,268 all-time
28 of 38 cubes · 58:52
signature single · Quanzhou Blindfolded 2026
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 Multi-Blind28 of 38 cubes · 58:52
top 6.2%22 / 278
3×3 blindfolded40.0849.92
top 6.8%118 / 1,183
3×312.5115.18
top 15.7%6,151 / 28,153
4×4 blindfolded5:27.86
early days — 1 solve46 / 149

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

Xi'an Open 2024: 1:25.99Hangzhou Open 2024: 1:11.29Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025: 43.13Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025: 41.68Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 40.90Quanzhou Blindfolded 2026: 40.0840.081:25.993 Aug 202431 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 blindfolded. 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-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 826 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.