People · China
Yanche Zhu (朱延澈)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZHUY02
Yanche Zhu (朱延澈) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Xuzhou Zenith 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 456th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 135 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.31 in March 2025 to 6.92, a 39% improvement. Yanche has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.92 | 8.82 | top 1.2% | 456 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.10 | 3.27 | top 1.3% | 149 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 3.23 | 4.47 | top 6.2% | 353 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 2.67 | top 8.1% | 1,194 / 15,939 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Zenith 2026.
- 27 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.15 at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 27 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Zest 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First competition: Luoyang Spring 2025. A 11.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Zenith 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 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.
- Kaixi Guo (郭铠希) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tian Xia (夏天) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.