People · China
Jingyang Zhu (朱景炀)
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ZHUJ02
Jingyang Zhu (朱景炀) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Guiyang Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,876th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2023, he has put 450 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.60 in October 2023 to 8.98, a 34% improvement. Jingyang has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.98 | 10.89 | top 4.8% | 1,876 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.07 | 5.40 | top 8.1% | 970 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 3.56 | top 8.7% | 1,290 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.24 | 6.91 | top 12.6% | 775 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 45.29 | 51.14 | top 18.7% | 2,062 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 11.44 | 13.01 | top 32.2% | 792 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.55 | 27.53 | top 33.1% | 3,225 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.72 | — | top 36.7% | 1,688 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.84 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,372 / 1,693 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Chengdu Spring Open 2025.
- 25 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024.
- 26 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 26 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Guiyang Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023. A 13.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Guilin Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.