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Jibo Zhao (赵吉波)

3×3 Fewest Moves · top 0.041% of 12,294 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010ZHAO11

Jibo Zhao (赵吉波) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 Fewest Moves: a personal-best single of 17 moves, set at More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026, puts him in the top 0.041% of the 12,294 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in China. Across 40 competitions since May 2010, he has put 997 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in May 2010 to 10.59, a 42% improvement. Jibo has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Fewest Moves
best event — top 0.041% of 12,294 all-time
17 moves
signature single · More Than One Cube Shanghai 2026
997
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 Fewest Moves17 moves21.00
top 0.041%1 / 1,058
4×432.8038.95
top 4.8%472 / 5,926
7×72:40.332:45.06
top 5.6%112 / 1,261
Skewb3.165.61
top 5.8%327 / 5,004
5×51:04.061:11.55
top 7.8%373 / 2,816
2×22.504.18
top 8.9%1,312 / 15,796
3×310.5912.44
top 9.2%3,610 / 28,153
Pyraminx4.666.83
top 11.2%1,326 / 10,224
6×62:07.612:11.87
top 14.3%310 / 1,349
Megaminx1:17.331:20.63
top 20.1%606 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed20.5324.12
top 21.9%2,185 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded1:55.992:36.89
top 32.2%459 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 51:49—
top 33.4%91 / 278
4×4 blindfolded8:49.06—
early days — 3 solves91 / 149
5×5 blindfolded24:10.00—
early days — 1 solve75 / 95
Square-149.1853.67
top 75.4%1,209 / 1,362
Clock31.8034.29
top 86.5%1,724 / 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

Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 18.22ChangChun 2010: 15.50Tianjin Open 2010: 14.63Beijing Winter 2011: 13.21Beijing Spring 2011: 14.78Xi'an New Year 2015: 11.63Chengdu Open 2015: 12.78China Championship 2015: 13.29Chengdu Open 2016: 13.24Chongqing Open 2016: 11.95Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 11.02Chengdu Open 2017: 11.28Hefei Open 2017: 11.53Chongqing Open 2017: 11.13Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 10.59Chengdu Open 2018: 12.2410.5918.229 May 201029 Apr 2018

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
  • A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 40.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.