People · China
Jinzhou Huang (黄金洲)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HUAN34
Jinzhou Huang (黄金洲) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Zhengzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 501st in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2017, he has put 408 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.27 in May 2017 to 1.66, a 77% improvement. Jinzhou has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.05 | 9.88 | top 1.4% | 501 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 2.45 | top 2.9% | 357 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.71 | 21.66 | top 4.0% | 360 / 5,994 | |
| Square-1 | 9.45 | 11.51 | top 5.2% | 65 / 1,373 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.67 | 5.46 | top 6.2% | 745 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 3.25 | 8.67 | top 6.4% | 360 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 44.89 | 50.11 | top 18.2% | 2,008 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 36.33 | top 20.4% | 218 / 1,071 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.61 | 1:44.11 | top 31.2% | 941 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.13 | 1:50.48 | top 34.7% | 1,597 / 2,857 | |
| Clock | 12.96 | 13.88 | top 39.4% | 967 / 1,887 | |
| 7×7 | 5:10.37 | 5:27.92 | early days — 3 solves | 942 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.27 | 3:39.88 | early days — 3 solves | 1,054 / 1,363 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.05 at Zhengzhou Open 2024.
- 20 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Summer 2024.
- 24 Nov 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2019.
- 4 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 21 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Heze Open 2019.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Beijing Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- FMC Cubing China 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zhenyu Wang (王振宇) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.