People · China
Zihua Zhao (赵梓桦)
Pyraminx · top 5.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ZHAO23
Zihua Zhao (赵梓桦) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.50, set at Campeonato de España 2022, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 668th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since May 2017, he has put 838 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.40 in May 2017 to 14.73, a 31% improvement. Zihua has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 9.74 | top 5.5% | 668 / 10,269 | |
| Clock | 5.54 | 8.21 | top 5.8% | 116 / 1,887 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 5.17 | top 9.5% | 1,431 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 5.43 | 12.06 | top 21.5% | 1,358 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 14.73 | 18.36 | top 23.6% | 9,121 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.95 | 1:11.26 | top 41.8% | 4,053 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.99 | 46.19 | top 70.5% | 5,430 / 5,994 | |
| Square-1 | 47.96 | 1:53.95 | top 74.2% | 1,204 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | top 83.5% | 977 / 1,071 | |
| 5×5 | 3:36.97 | — | top 87.9% | 2,787 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 4:16.87 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,668 / 1,693 |
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 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mirasierra Open 2024.
- 5 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Parla Open 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Getafe Continúa 2020.
- 2 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kubekings Villanueva Open 2019.
- 21 Sep 2019Seven personal bests in one day at UPM Open 2019.
Competitions
- Las Tablas Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Cayro Toledo Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mirasierra Open 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- X-Madrid Open 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Las Tablas Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Cabanillas del Campo Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Spanish Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcube Battle Vallekas 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Fuentenueva 217 Miniopen 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Spain 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- URJC Open 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Archena 24 Horas 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Jesuitinas Txantrea Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Campeonato de España 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ciu Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- X-Madrid Open 2022 · 21 May 2022
- Cervantes Cubea 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
- Getafe Continúa 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubekings Villanueva Open 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- UPM Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Cervantes Cubea 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Getafe Vuelve 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuenlabrada Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- El Escorial Open 2017 · 13 May 2017
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.
- Manuel Prieto de Antón — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Raúl Martínez Redondo — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Mar Gallego Vicente — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.