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Yibo Zhao (赵奕博)

3×3 · top 3.4% of 289,612 all-time · competing since September 2026 · 2026ZHAO40

Yibo Zhao (赵奕博) has been competing for 2 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,319th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since September 2026, he has put 34 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 289,612 all-time
8.33
signature single · Wuhan Crimson Autumn 2026
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.339.67
top 3.4%1,319 / 28,751
2×22.753.83
top 11.5%1,812 / 16,060
Pyraminx6.297.95
top 22.2%2,592 / 10,347
3×3 one-handed22.2825.06
top 26.9%2,711 / 6,035

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

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-8 3×3 single — 8,151 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,105 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.

Your career, on a tee

His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →