People · China
Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇)
3×3 · top 0.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZHUX01
Xingyu Zhu (朱星宇) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.30, set at Arroios Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 263rd in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2023, he has put 763 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.84 in September 2023 to 6.30, a 20% improvement. Xingyu has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.30 | 7.75 | top 0.7% | 263 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.01 | 12.37 | top 1.9% | 158 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 1.54 | 3.14 | top 2.4% | 280 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 5.80 | top 3.4% | 417 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 34.83 | 39.79 | top 6.6% | 685 / 5,999 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 6.16 | top 10.2% | 610 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 51.06 | 1:12.21 | top 10.2% | 156 / 1,184 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 38.00 | top 26.9% | 294 / 1,071 |
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
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Seomara Side & Blind 2025.
- 30 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Portugal Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Azeméis Open 2023. A 7.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Portugal Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mina de Água Warm Up 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Boards & Cubes Venteira - Mini A 2026 · 14 Jun 2026
- Mina de Água NxN 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Felgueiras ao Cubo 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Seomara Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Arroios Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Venteira Mix-Up 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Cubing in Venteira 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Damásio Open 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seomara Side & Blind 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Portugal Championship 2024 · 30 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Seomara Cube Fest 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Azeméis Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests 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 his.
- Pedro Azevedo — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Gabriel Dias Barahona Fernandes — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 64 times
- Diogo Miguel Alves Guerreiro — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 66 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.