People · Canada
Zhicheng Tian
2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025TIAN02
Zhicheng Tian has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at Michigan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 877th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 103 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.01 in January 2025 to 15.58, a 26% improvement. Zhicheng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 5.20 | top 13.2% | 877 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.41 | 8.43 | top 23.1% | 987 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 10.15 | 11.41 | top 25.8% | 236 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 | 15.58 | 17.32 | top 26.4% | 2,535 / 10,392 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.85 | 1:54.70 | top 31.3% | 314 / 1,375 | |
| Skewb | 8.06 | 10.81 | top 41.7% | 1,065 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.19 | 1:13.80 | top 42.0% | 1,132 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.20 | 2:14.67 | top 49.4% | 642 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 32.88 | 38.63 | top 54.8% | 490 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.79 | 45.59 | top 67.8% | 1,640 / 2,620 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.58 at Michigan Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Michigan Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: Waterloo Winter 2025. A 21.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 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.
- Emery McFeeter — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Christian Eifert — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.