People · China
Ziang Chen (陈梓昂)
3×3 one-handed · top 4.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018CHEZ08
Ziang Chen (陈梓昂) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.31, set at Wuxi Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 445th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2018, he has put 114 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 16.89 in October 2018 to 13.31, a 21% improvement. Ziang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 one-handed | 13.31 | 16.35 | top 4.9% | 445 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.98 | 12.28 | top 10.4% | 4,078 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.64 | 52.70 | top 15.3% | 1,658 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.26 | 5.45 | top 29.8% | 5,109 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.85 | 11.11 | top 43.5% | 4,647 / 10,224 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Yancheng Spring 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Suzhou Open 2018. A 12.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chengxiang Cui (崔程翔) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.