People · China
Rui Zhu (朱锐)
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHUR01
Rui Zhu (朱锐) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.05, set at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 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 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 180 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.28 in August 2016 to 7.05, a 51% improvement. Rui 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 | 7.05 | 8.97 | top 1.4% | 501 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 55.24 | 1:05.66 | top 3.5% | 164 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 2.93 | top 4.8% | 671 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 17.44 | top 8.6% | 837 / 5,994 | |
| Megaminx | 59.59 | 1:05.75 | top 9.8% | 266 / 1,693 | |
| Square-1 | 13.48 | 17.19 | top 13.0% | 191 / 1,373 | |
| Skewb | 4.38 | 5.74 | top 13.6% | 840 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 44.49 | 55.05 | top 17.7% | 1,949 / 5,999 | |
| 6×6 | 2:24.43 | 2:32.17 | early days — 3 solves | 511 / 1,363 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 12.53 | top 34.4% | 3,809 / 10,269 |
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
- 28 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024.
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.18 at Meizhou Open 2018.
- 22 Jan 2017Four personal bests in one day at Dongguan Open 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016. A 14.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canton Countdown 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
- Guangzhou SCUT 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dongguan Open 2017 · 22 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 5.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.