People · China
Zichen Zhao (赵梓辰)
2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025ZHAO20
Zichen Zhao (赵梓辰) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Yancheng Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.19 in June 2025 to 7.64, a 17% improvement. Zichen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 3.64 | top 2.1% | 238 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 7.64 | 9.80 | top 2.2% | 798 / 28,153 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First competition: Yancheng Open 2025. A 9.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
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.
- Handong He (何瀚东) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Handi Huang (黄翰迪) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jack Pan (潘杰康) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.