People · China
Ziming Zhao (赵子鸣)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHAO69
Ziming Zhao (赵子鸣) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.10, set at Luoyang Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,073rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, he has put 80 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.99 in August 2019 to 8.10, a 26% improvement. Ziming has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.10 | 9.78 | top 3.0% | 1,073 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.08 | 21.84 | top 4.5% | 401 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 45.14 | 53.98 | top 18.5% | 2,004 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.76 | 4.62 | top 23.5% | 3,906 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2025.
- 5 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.02 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024.
- 11 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021.
- 18 Aug 2019First competition: Ningxia Open 2019. A 11.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.