People · China
Bo Yu (庾博)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013YUBO01
Bo Yu (庾博) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at Nanning Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,294th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2013, he has put 333 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.72 in January 2013 to 8.32, a 29% improvement. Bo has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.32 | 9.76 | top 3.4% | 1,294 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 36.04 | 40.25 | top 7.8% | 825 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 4.55 | top 8.1% | 1,194 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.54 | 18.59 | top 9.3% | 912 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.07 | 1:24.03 | top 17.0% | 846 / 2,857 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 9.95 | top 28.3% | 3,194 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:19.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 801 / 1,184 | |
| Skewb | 12.33 | 18.51 | top 67.7% | 3,603 / 5,030 |
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
- 8 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2019.
- 29 Oct 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at Guilin Open 2017.
- 29 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2017.
- 1 Jan 2013First competition: Guilin Open 2013. A 12.60 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Jan 2013Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2013.
Competitions
- Guilin Open 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanning Open 2026 · 23 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beihai Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Liuzhou Open 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guilin Open 2013 · 1 Jan 2013 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Huanyi Tan (谭焕疑) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Lianghai Sui (眭亮海) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.