People · China
Linzhuo Ye (叶林卓)
3×3 · top 6.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025YELI01
Linzhuo Ye (叶林卓) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,651st in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2025, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.23 in March 2026 to 9.71, a 14% improvement. Linzhuo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.71 | 10.86 | top 6.7% | 2,651 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 35.94 | 38.68 | top 7.7% | 812 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.70 | 20.78 | top 17.0% | 1,715 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.31 | 1:43.48 | top 21.1% | 1,025 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 5.51 | 6.42 | top 45.5% | 7,890 / 15,939 |
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
- 5 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Guangzhou Grand Open 2026.
- 21 Dec 2025First competition: Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 IV 2026 · 16 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Pi Day 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Guangzhou Big Cubes 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
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.
- You Wu (吴悠) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.