People · China
Zihang Jie (揭子航)
Clock · top 2.8% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026JIEZ01
Zihang Jie (揭子航) has been competing for 7 months. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.24, set at Fuzhou Special 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in China. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2026, he has put 58 official solves on the record across four events. His Clock best has come down from 5.60 in February 2026 to 4.24, a 24% improvement. Zihang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.24 | 5.20 | top 2.8% | 48 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 7.28 | top 11.2% | 1,335 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 20.66 | 22.74 | top 41.8% | 14,170 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 6.14 | 7.38 | top 52.3% | 8,902 / 15,796 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 6 Feb 2026First competition: Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026. A 21.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026
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.
- Jiarun Weng (翁镓润) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Haohan Zheng (郑皓涵) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.