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Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉)

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.8% of 12,178 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014ZHAO12

Tianyu Zhao (赵天愉) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 21.37, set at Start of Summer Beijing 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since September 2014, he has put 1,597 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.75 in September 2014 to 8.59, a 52% improvement. Tianyu has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.8% of 12,178 all-time
21.37
signature single · Start of Summer Beijing 2026
1,597
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 blindfolded21.3724.15
top 1.8%26 / 1,183
3×3 Multi-Blind25 of 25 cubes · 52:38—
top 2.4%6 / 278
3×38.599.98
top 3.9%1,491 / 28,153
4×4 blindfolded2:35.08—
top 5.7%12 / 149
3×3 one-handed14.1516.94
top 6.4%608 / 5,922
2×22.263.63
top 6.7%947 / 15,796
4×437.3941.36
top 9.1%959 / 5,926
Megaminx1:10.431:19.35
top 15.9%466 / 1,678
5×5 blindfolded8:34.36—
top 16.0%19 / 95
Skewb5.328.30
top 20.6%1,282 / 5,004
5×51:24.141:27.63
top 22.5%1,076 / 2,816
Pyraminx7.1810.04
top 29.3%3,241 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
top 37.3%409 / 1,058
6×63:05.383:26.67
top 43.6%853 / 1,349
Clock22.32—
early days — 2 solves1,524 / 1,843

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

Beijing Autumn 2014: 17.75Nanchang Open 2015: 11.44Atlanta Open 2015: 12.31Lexington Fall 2015: 12.78Manhasset Fall 2015: 12.08MIT Fall 2015: 11.82Nanchang Winter 2015: 12.19Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 9.50Weston Spring 2016: 11.20Manhasset Spring 2016: 10.24One Night in Beijing 2016: 10.58Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 12.90Hefei Open 2016: 11.02Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 11.24UMass ODS Fall 2016: 11.41Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 9.66Tangshan Open 2017: 11.74Beijing Open 2017: 9.90China Championship 2017: 11.09WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017: 10.27UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 11.86Cubing with the Viking 2017: 8.59WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 10.86Weihai Open 2018: 9.30Harbin Open 2018: 10.71Tangshan Open 2018: 10.15Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.35Beijing Summer 2018: 10.08WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.48Quinnipiac 2018: 10.03Beijing Summer 2019: 10.49WCA World Championship 2019: 10.51China Championship 2019: 9.73Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.06Beijing Winter 2019: 9.32Taiyuan Winter 2019: 9.93Beijing Spring PM 2021: 10.64Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 9.09Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 9.53Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.14Shenyang Open 2023: 11.00Luoyang Spring 2024: 9.21Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.40Beijing Winter 2025: 9.68Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.47Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 8.80Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.35Start of Summer Beijing 2026: 9.30Beijing Autumn Begins 2026: 9.168.5917.7513 Sep 201422 Aug 2026

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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.