People · China
Zhipeng Chen (陈志鹏)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2026 · 2026CHEN04
Zhipeng Chen (陈志鹏) has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.72, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,660th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2026, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. Zhipeng has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 12.18 | top 6.7% | 2,660 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 7.29 | top 36.5% | 6,364 / 15,939 |
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
- 10 Jan 2026First competition: Beijing Winter 2026. A 12.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Beijing Winter 2026.
Competitions
- Start of Summer Beijing 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yiyang Qu (屈祎旸) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yixing Wang (王一行) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yupeng Zhang (张毓芃) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.