People · China
Dong Zhu (朱栋)
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.7% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019ZHUD02
Dong Zhu (朱栋) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 24.32, set at Deqing Big & Blind 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in China. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2019, he has put 16 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 1:21.23 in July 2019 to 24.32, a 70% improvement. Dong has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 blindfolded | 24.32 | 31.56 | top 2.7% | 41 / 1,183 |
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 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Jul 2019First competition: Huzhou Open 2019.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
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.
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yang Li (李扬) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kanting Shi (史勘霆) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 4.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.