People · China
Zihong Huang (黄子泓)
2×2 · top 7.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024HUAN60
Zihong Huang (黄子泓) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,077th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across eight events. Zihong 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.12 | top 7.5% | 1,077 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.00 | 13.36 | top 10.5% | 4,100 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 47.13 | 54.06 | top 21.0% | 2,259 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.29 | 23.35 | top 24.0% | 2,373 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.58 | 8.07 | top 32.7% | 3,591 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.27 | 8.95 | top 35.8% | 2,163 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,689 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 14.14 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,045 / 1,843 |
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
- 16 Sep 2024First competition: Dalian Open 2024. A 12.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2024 · 16 Sep 2024
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.
- Zeyuan Guo (郭泽原) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Moxuan Sun (孙墨轩) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.