People · China
Zhuofei Duan (段卓菲)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023DUAN05
Zhuofei Duan (段卓菲) has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.98, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts her in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 471st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2023, she has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in December 2023 to 6.98, a 58% improvement. Zhuofei has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 6.98 | 8.50 | top 1.3% | 471 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 3.94 | top 13.4% | 2,118 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.92 | 10.25 | top 19.4% | 2,246 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 6.45 | 10.69 | top 29.4% | 1,827 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.78 | — | top 38.5% | 3,807 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Oct 2026Six personal bests in one day at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.49 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 23 Dec 2023First competition: Changsha Open 2023. A 16.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 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 her.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as she improves.