People · China
Zichen Huang (黄子宸)
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024HUAN25
Zichen Huang (黄子宸) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.95, set at Nanchang Summer 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,851st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.24 in April 2024 to 9.95, a 51% improvement. 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 | 9.95 | 11.66 | top 7.3% | 2,851 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 4.55 | top 19.1% | 3,126 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.01 | 12.22 | top 44.9% | 4,781 / 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. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Nanchang Summer 2026.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 10.46 at Nanchang Spring 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.46 at Nanchang Spring 2025.
- 21 Apr 2024First competition: Nanchang Spring 2024. A 20.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
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.
- Luochen Liu (刘洛辰) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.95 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.