People · China
Minyi Zhu (朱敏怡)
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024ZHUM03
Minyi Zhu (朱敏怡) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.36, set at Xi'an Summer 2025, puts her in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,214th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, she has put 144 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.80 in April 2024 to 9.36, a 21% improvement. Minyi has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.36 | 11.21 | top 5.7% | 2,214 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.27 | 48.11 | top 13.6% | 1,474 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.38 | top 18.5% | 3,016 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.36 | 24.74 | top 18.8% | 1,877 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 8.14 | top 19.2% | 2,198 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 7.66 | 10.57 | top 38.7% | 2,309 / 5,004 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Xi'an Summer 2025.
- 5 Apr 2024First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024. A 11.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
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 her.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhijie He (何智劼) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuyang Ding (丁雨阳) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
Targets move as she improves.