People · China
Baoting Zhu (朱宝庭)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015ZHUB01
Baoting Zhu (朱宝庭) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at Beijing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,688th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2015, he has put 320 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.36 in July 2015 to 8.77, a 52% improvement. Baoting has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.77 | 10.39 | top 4.4% | 1,688 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.71 | 5.97 | top 6.3% | 762 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.17 | 20.71 | top 10.7% | 1,065 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.45 | top 11.0% | 1,710 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 42.45 | 49.16 | top 15.1% | 1,654 / 5,999 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.09 at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 12 Jul 2015First competition: Shenzhen Open 2015. A 18.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026 · 2 Sep 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026 · 19 Aug 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maoming Open 2026 · 8 Aug 2026
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 I 2026 · 5 Aug 2026
- Beijing Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Guangzhou Special 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunnan Open 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhuhai Open 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2015 · 12 Jul 2015
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.
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.