People · China
Shuhui Zhu (朱书晖)
7×7 · top 4.5% of 14,226 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025ZHUS01
Shuhui Zhu (朱书晖) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 2:34.70, set at Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 89th in China. Until May 2015, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2025, he has put 103 official solves on the record across six events. His 5×5 best has come down from 1:12.74 in February 2025 to 1:00.84, a 16% improvement. Shuhui has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 2:34.70 | 2:42.04 | top 4.5% | 89 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 1:46.27 | 1:51.83 | top 5.9% | 129 / 1,349 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.84 | 1:10.09 | top 6.0% | 280 / 2,816 | |
| 4×4 | 37.95 | 42.03 | top 9.7% | 1,023 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 14.12 | top 11.2% | 4,412 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 4.34 | top 15.8% | 2,521 / 15,796 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Chengdu Spring Open 2025. A 13.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ulanqab Big Cubes 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer I 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 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.
- Yiqun Liu (刘轶群) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Ruimin Yan (颜瑞民) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 34.70 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 336 people have one; it is 16.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.