People · China
Zhijie He (何智劼)
4×4 · top 1.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021HEZH01
Zhijie He (何智劼) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.54, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 115th in China. Until February 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2021, he has put 484 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.11 in April 2021 to 7.40, a 27% improvement. Zhijie has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.54 | 29.55 | top 1.2% | 115 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.40 | 8.64 | top 1.8% | 650 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 51.16 | 54.27 | top 2.1% | 85 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:41.24 | 1:50.08 | top 4.4% | 85 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.78 | 15.86 | top 5.7% | 538 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.80 | 5.27 | top 6.7% | 799 / 10,224 | |
| Megaminx | 55.75 | 1:01.22 | top 7.8% | 187 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.68 | top 8.0% | 1,173 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.73 | 5.44 | top 9.1% | 533 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 2:56.85 | 3:04.62 | top 9.7% | 200 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 18.05 | 22.39 | top 23.5% | 383 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 10.34 | 11.41 | top 26.8% | 616 / 1,843 |
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 2026Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026.
- 4 Apr 2025Six personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 18 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 5 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Xi'an Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.