People · China
Zihang Xu (徐梓航)
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019XUZI11
Zihang Xu (徐梓航) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.11, set at Yunnan Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,954th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2019, he has put 63 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in October 2019 to 9.11, a 33% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.11 | 9.69 | top 5.1% | 1,954 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 40.74 | 46.34 | top 13.0% | 1,406 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 19.08 | 28.59 | top 25.8% | 432 / 1,362 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.49 | top 28.3% | 4,802 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,524 / 2,816 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 6 Oct 2019First competition: Yunnan Open 2019. A 13.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019
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.
- Jinge Li (李金戈) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhenyu Sun (孙振宇) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hongyu Zhu (朱泓宇) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.