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Zihang Ruan (阮子航)

3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023RUAN05

Zihang Ruan (阮子航) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.05, set at Chongqing Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,895th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, he has put 14 official solves on the record across one event. Zihang has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.05
signature single · Chongqing Open 2023
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.0511.35
top 5.0%1,895 / 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

Chongqing Open 2023: 9.05Chongqing New Year 2025: 9.229.059.2218 Nov 202312 Jan 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.