People · China
Evan Zhou
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022ZHOU04
Evan Zhou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 801st in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since March 2022, he has put 688 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.01 in March 2022 to 7.66, a 36% improvement. Evan has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 7.66 | 10.27 | top 2.2% | 801 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 3.62 | top 3.3% | 432 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.35 | 16.75 | top 5.0% | 454 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 5.46 | top 7.5% | 425 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.98 | 6.51 | top 7.5% | 890 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 45.55 | 53.54 | top 19.0% | 2,065 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 9.49 | 11.09 | top 22.5% | 498 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 33.18 | 48.79 | top 55.4% | 942 / 1,362 |
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 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIII 2023.
- 3 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022.
- 27 Mar 2022First competition: SacCubing XI 2022. A 12.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025 · 12 Jan 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- BASC 56 - Bay Area Side Events Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022 · 24 Apr 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022
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.
- Jonathan Rutenberg — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.