People · China
Zichen Huang (黄梓宸)
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HUAN78
Zichen Huang (黄梓宸) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 98 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Zichen 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 | 6.71 | 7.17 | top 1.0% | 382 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.79 | 5.32 | top 3.0% | 348 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.29 | top 4.9% | 689 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.83 | 8.36 | top 16.9% | 1,040 / 5,004 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026.
- 26 Nov 2023First competition: Shenzhen Youth Open 2023. A 6.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 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 his.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.