People · United States
Eric Zhu
3×3 · top 10.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ZHUE01
Eric Zhu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.07, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,888th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 188 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in March 2024 to 11.07, a 26% improvement. Eric has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.07 | 13.05 | top 10.7% | 5,888 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.66 | 9.49 | top 17.5% | 4,729 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 44.76 | 52.83 | top 18.1% | 2,783 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.54 | 4.55 | top 20.8% | 8,261 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.89 | 1:37.83 | top 26.2% | 1,853 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.03 | 1:39.99 | top 27.4% | 2,176 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 8.03 | 10.54 | top 41.6% | 7,337 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.18 | 36.47 | top 51.7% | 7,231 / 15,900 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,173 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 36.17 | 43.29 | top 60.2% | 4,022 / 6,846 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Seven personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 30 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024.
- 30 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024. A 15.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nicolas Alonso — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ignacio Montilla — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.