People · China
Hongyu Zhou
3×3 · top 62.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025ZHOU23
Hongyu Zhou has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.16, set at Zambia Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 62.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,018th in China. Across 1 competition since July 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 30.16 | 37.65 | top 62.8% | 19,018 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 9.01 | 12.35 | top 73.5% | 11,995 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 2:15.88 | 2:33.47 | top 87.9% | 5,774 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.73 | 1:35.66 | top 90.1% | 5,860 / 5,922 |
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 story so far
- 5 Jul 2025First competition: Zambia Cubing Open 2025. A 30.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zambia Cubing Open 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 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.
- Maverick Pearson — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Janu van Jaarsveldt — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Augustine A. Dowling — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.