Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → China → Zhihao Zhou (周志豪)

People · China

Zhihao Zhou (周志豪)

3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010ZHOU17

Zhihao Zhou (周志豪) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.44, set at Suzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,711th in China. Across 17 competitions since December 2010, he has put 316 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.72 in December 2010 to 11.44, a 68% improvement. Zhihao has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.44
signature single · Suzhou Open 2018
316
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4415.01
top 11.9%4,711 / 28,153
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.33
top 17.4%183 / 1,058
2×23.334.64
top 18.1%2,949 / 15,796
4×450.0655.07
top 24.8%2,637 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed23.2326.88
top 29.4%2,855 / 5,922
Pyraminx7.329.71
top 30.5%3,360 / 10,224
5×51:37.651:40.82
top 33.6%1,519 / 2,816
6×62:53.983:12.57
top 38.0%774 / 1,349
Skewb7.8213.44
top 39.9%2,376 / 5,004
7×74:30.604:36.87
top 41.2%769 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded3:54.66
early days — 1 solve918 / 1,183

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

Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 35.72Nanjing Spring 2011: 27.47Suzhou Open 2011: 19.88Shanghai Summer 2012: 17.81Nanjing Normal University 2013: 18.80NUAA Open 2013: 17.17Suzhou Open 2014: 16.67Shanghai Spring 2017: 15.45Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 17.38Suzhou Open 2017: 13.85China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 13.18Nanjing Autumn 2017: 15.15Kunshan Open 2018: 15.38Suzhou Open 2018: 11.44Wuxi Autumn 2018: 12.5811.4435.725 Dec 201020 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.