People · China
Junlin Zhu (朱俊霖)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018ZHUJ02
Junlin Zhu (朱俊霖) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.94, set at Ningbo Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 968th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2018, he has put 51 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.70 in January 2018 to 7.94, a 42% improvement. Junlin has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.94 | 8.84 | top 2.7% | 968 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.64 | 16.74 | top 5.5% | 507 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 6.32 | top 8.4% | 1,010 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.03 | top 11.1% | 1,714 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,295 / 2,816 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.31 at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ningbo Autumn 2025.
- 1 Jan 2018First competition: Jinhua New Year's Day 2018. A 13.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ningbo Autumn 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
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.
- Lijie Pan (潘理杰) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.