People · China
Zhihan Liang
3×3 · top 43.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LIAN18
Zhihan Liang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.25, set at Hessen Open 2025, puts him in the top 43.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,554th in China. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 62 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.80 in September 2023 to 21.25, a 64% improvement. Zhihan 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 | 21.25 | 25.46 | top 43.4% | 14,554 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 9.94 | 13.29 | top 77.7% | 12,574 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.32 | 15.78 | top 79.2% | 7,836 / 10,224 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.25 at Hessen Open 2025.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Eberstädter Einsteiger-Event 2023. A 59.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rahn Education Open 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Hessen Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Hessen Open 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Eberstädter Einsteiger-Event 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Jonathan Blöcher — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Linh Son Luu — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Schukraft — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.