People · China
Zhibo Zhao (赵志博)
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025ZHAO14
Zhibo Zhao (赵志博) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,894th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. Zhibo has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.99 | 12.11 | top 7.4% | 2,894 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.00 | 25.79 | top 12.6% | 1,232 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 42.53 | 46.07 | top 15.1% | 1,637 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.46 | — | top 31.0% | 1,404 / 2,816 |
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 2025First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025. A 9.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- 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.
- Jiayi Song (宋稼毅) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.