People · China
Zichuang Chen (陈梓创)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025CHEN05
Zichuang Chen (陈梓创) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Zhuhai Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,599th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 5% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Zichuang 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 | 8.71 | 9.55 | top 4.2% | 1,599 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.80 | top 9.5% | 1,424 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.36 | 22.06 | top 16.0% | 1,586 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 6.84 | 10.28 | top 32.4% | 1,979 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.56 | 10.49 | top 41.0% | 4,418 / 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
- 15 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Open 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Xi'an New Year 2025. A 9.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
- Jiangmen Open 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhenjiang Wu (吴镇江) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.