People · China
Zihan Zhou (周子涵)
3×3 · top 1.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ZHOU35
Zihan Zhou (周子涵) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.19, set at Guilin Open 2025, puts her in the top 1.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2025, she has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Zihan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.19 | 10.46 | top 1.6% | 577 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 59.54 | 1:07.99 | top 5.4% | 263 / 2,857 | |
| 4×4 | 34.60 | 38.17 | top 6.4% | 667 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.28 | 17.81 | top 8.8% | 852 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 4.51 | 5.52 | top 14.6% | 904 / 5,030 |
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 story so far
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Guilin Open 2025. A 7.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 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 her.
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Weicheng Luo (罗炜城) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 9.54 away.
Targets move as she improves.