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Ruiyao Zhou (周睿尧)

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019ZHOU74

Ruiyao Zhou (周睿尧) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.64, set at Wuxi Winter 2019, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,672nd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2019, he has put 35 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.13 in October 2019 to 10.64, a 12% improvement. Ruiyao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.64
signature single · Wuxi Winter 2019
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.6411.85
top 9.4%3,672 / 28,153
2×22.924.53
top 13.3%2,076 / 15,796
4×446.4450.24
top 20.1%2,167 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.9110.73
top 27.2%3,041 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed24.8626.98
top 33.8%3,230 / 5,922

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

Shanghai Open 2019: 12.13Wuxi Winter 2019: 10.6410.6412.1319 Oct 20198 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.