People · China
Ziye Zhang (张子烨)
Clock · top 1.1% of 32,817 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHAN45
Ziye Zhang (张子烨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Xi'an One More Clock 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in China. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2017, he has put 218 official solves on the record across 13 events. His Clock best has come down from 5.94 in June 2024 to 3.26, a 45% improvement. Ziye has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 3.26 | 4.15 | top 1.1% | 15 / 1,887 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.84 | 1:10.08 | top 11.0% | 303 / 1,693 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.35 | 7.86 | top 15.4% | 1,838 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 42.74 | 49.09 | top 15.5% | 1,706 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 14.04 | 16.11 | top 21.2% | 8,322 / 28,499 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.72 | 2:35.48 | top 23.5% | 525 / 1,363 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.66 | 1:31.35 | top 24.0% | 1,157 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.22 | 31.62 | top 32.2% | 3,153 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 4.56 | 5.95 | top 33.8% | 5,862 / 15,939 | |
| 7×7 | 4:12.40 | 4:26.82 | top 35.2% | 689 / 1,274 | |
| Skewb | 7.70 | 10.96 | top 39.1% | 2,353 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 26.16 | 29.33 | top 41.9% | 723 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,011 / 1,071 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Oct 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 27 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Lanzhou Autumn 2019.
- 22 Apr 2017First competition: Lanzhou Spring 2017. A 23.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an One More Clock 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026 · 5 May 2026
- Xi'an Autumn 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Open 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023
- Lanzhou Autumn 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Spring 2017 · 22 Apr 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.
- Yening Liu (刘烨宁) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Xiang Li (李响) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,558 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.