People · China
Yanbang Zhou (周衍榜)
Pyraminx · top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ZHOU26
Yanbang Zhou (周衍榜) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.17, set at Nanjing Spring 2018, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,024th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. Yanbang has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 7.52 | top 8.5% | 1,024 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 19.96 | top 18.1% | 7,091 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 8.55 | 12.90 | top 45.4% | 2,639 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.72 | 39.04 | top 54.8% | 4,592 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 6.49 | 7.03 | top 55.9% | 9,450 / 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 story so far
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 13.19 at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.19 at Hangzhou Winter 2025.
- 30 Apr 2018First competition: Nanjing Spring 2018. A 20.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 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 his.
- Kanting Shi (史勘霆) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xingyu Wu (伍星宇) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xianfeng Zhang (张先锋) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.