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Zhijie Lan (兰智杰)

2×2 · top 2.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2026 · 2026LANZ02

Zhijie Lan (兰智杰) has been competing for 2 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.60, set at Fuzhou Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 314th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2026, he has put 34 official solves on the record across five events. Zhijie has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 189,179 all-time
1.60
signature single · Fuzhou Summer 2026
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.603.19
top 2.6%314 / 15,939
Megaminx47.2051.07
top 3.9%88 / 1,693
3×38.9212.22
top 4.7%1,827 / 28,499
Clock5.676.37
top 6.2%126 / 1,887
4×442.8449.54
top 15.6%1,721 / 5,999

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 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 7.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.