People · China
Zixuan Zuo (左子轩)
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024ZUOZ01
Zixuan Zuo (左子轩) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.21, set at Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 568th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2024, he has put 149 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.87 in May 2024 to 7.21, a 19% improvement. Zixuan 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 | 7.21 | 8.59 | top 1.6% | 568 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 5.83 | top 7.6% | 433 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 9.08 | top 10.6% | 1,257 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.78 | top 11.3% | 1,737 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.82 | 19.88 | top 14.6% | 1,448 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 53.72 | 1:08.92 | top 29.2% | 3,010 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 10.97 | 14.72 | top 30.0% | 704 / 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
- 6 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 26 May 2024First competition: Guiyang Open 2024. A 8.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 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.
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.