People · China
Zhicheng Gao (高智成)
3×3 · top 5.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025GAOZ06
Zhicheng Gao (高智成) has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,203rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2025, he has put 132 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.36 in November 2025 to 9.29, a 25% improvement. Zhicheng has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.29 | 11.17 | top 5.6% | 2,203 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 3.55 | top 10.8% | 1,671 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.61 | 10.65 | top 41.5% | 4,500 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.36 | — | top 50.1% | 4,599 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.02 | — | top 60.9% | 4,984 / 5,994 | |
| Clock | 30.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,758 / 1,887 |
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
- 9 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Zhanjiang Open 2026.
- 1 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Start of Summer Beijing 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026.
- 23 Nov 2025First competition: Beijing Only 3x3 2025. A 12.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Autumn Begins 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Only 3x3 2025 · 23 Nov 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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zibo Xu (徐子博) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.