People · United States
Syndey Zhou
3×3 one-handed · top 2.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZHOU20
Syndey Zhou has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.36, set at Saint John's Warm Up 2025, puts her in the top 2.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 357th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since September 2023, she has put 510 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 10.86 in September 2023 to 7.92, a 27% improvement. Syndey has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.36 | 15.05 | top 2.2% | 357 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 7.92 | 10.00 | top 2.6% | 1,534 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.48 | 7.48 | top 5.4% | 1,404 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.54 | top 15.5% | 6,071 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 55.07 | 58.15 | top 30.8% | 4,853 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.03 | 11.74 | top 48.6% | 8,677 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 16.72 | 30.36 | top 54.5% | 4,510 / 8,927 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Saint John's Warm Up 2025.
- 21 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.40 at Rhode Island Winter 2024.
- 21 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rhode Island Winter 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023First competition: Brookline Favorites 2023. A 11.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brookline Favorites III 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Salem Cubikon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Woburn Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Side & Blind North Andover 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Cambridge Cube Clash 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Saturday in Ashfield 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- The Battle of Concord 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rhode Island Winter 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Winchester Wind Down 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Derek White — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ryan Durette — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as she improves.