People · China
Zichu Huang (黄子初)
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024HUAZ01
Zichu Huang (黄子初) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Jiangmen Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,028th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2024, he has put 19 official solves on the record across one event. Zichu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.14 | 10.48 | top 5.2% | 2,028 / 28,499 |
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 Dec 2024First competition: Shenzhen Open 2024. A 9.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 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.
- Minghao Huo (霍茗浩) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xiran Long (龙希然) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.