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Hongyu Zhu (朱泓宇)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHUH05

Hongyu Zhu (朱泓宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Yunnan Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in China. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2017, he has put 743 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.35 in October 2017 to 7.25, a 22% improvement. Hongyu has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time
10.39
signature single · Yunnan Open 2019
743
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.3915.32
top 1.3%116 / 5,922
3×37.259.18
top 1.6%584 / 28,153
5×550.761:02.22
top 2.0%83 / 2,816
4×429.7733.44
top 2.7%262 / 5,926
6×61:39.511:48.20
top 4.0%74 / 1,349
Megaminx48.0256.90
top 4.3%95 / 1,678
Pyraminx3.205.13
top 4.3%525 / 10,224
2×22.013.55
top 4.8%665 / 15,796
7×72:40.072:44.83
top 5.5%110 / 1,261
Skewb4.445.15
top 14.0%849 / 5,004
Square-114.7422.72
top 15.8%241 / 1,362
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.33
top 20.4%216 / 1,058
Clock9.1111.78
top 20.6%449 / 1,843

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

Yunnan Open 2017: 9.35Chongqing Open 2017: 11.42Yunnan Open 2018: 10.52China Championship 2019: 10.25Yunnan Open 2019: 10.27Chengdu New Year Morning 2021: 9.65Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 7.89Nanchang Spring 2024: 8.50Thailand Championship 2024: 8.77Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 8.66Beijing Summer 2025: 9.00Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 7.99Xianju Special 2026: 7.257.2511.427 Oct 20178 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.