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Zishuo Zhang (张子硕)

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAZ07

Zishuo Zhang (张子硕) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.91, set at Fushun Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 439th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2016, he has put 1,073 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.33 in August 2016 to 6.91, a 58% improvement. Zishuo has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.91
signature single · Fushun Open 2024
1,073
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.919.63
top 1.2%439 / 28,153
Skewb2.103.51
top 1.6%74 / 5,004
Pyraminx2.593.91
top 2.4%294 / 10,224
Megaminx44.4649.08
top 2.9%63 / 1,678
2×21.712.49
top 3.1%398 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed13.1216.51
top 4.6%410 / 5,922
Clock5.355.65
top 5.3%98 / 1,843
4×433.9038.75
top 5.8%574 / 5,926
5×51:06.591:13.53
top 9.4%455 / 2,816
Square-115.8019.39
top 18.2%288 / 1,362
6×62:21.082:25.48
top 21.1%471 / 1,349
7×74:01.744:12.74
top 31.3%610 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded2:27.09—
early days — 2 solves611 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves42.67
early days — 3 solves515 / 1,058

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

Yangzhou Open 2016: 16.33Zibo Open 2016: 11.61Changshu Open 2017: 13.77Yangzhou Open 2017: 10.93Beijing Summer 2018: 10.36China Championship 2018: 11.91Xuzhou Spring 2019: 10.24Heze Open 2019: 10.63Nanchang Good Morning 2021: 7.14Guangdong Open 2021: 10.37Cube Camp in Kaeng Krachan 2023: 9.76Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.63Hong Kong Championship 2023: 7.86Fushun Open 2024: 6.91Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 10.05Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.19Nanchang Spring 2025: 8.91Xi'an Summer 2025: 9.35Zibo Open 2025: 8.32Nanchang Summer 2026: 7.80Xi'an Open 2026: 8.48Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 8.486.9116.3317 Aug 201629 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.