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Yicheng Zhu (朱翼承)

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019ZHUY12

Yicheng Zhu (朱翼承) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.68, set at Hangzhou Open AM 2021, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,557th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.74 in November 2019 to 9.68, a 65% improvement. Yicheng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.68
signature single · Hangzhou Open AM 2021
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6813.90
top 6.6%2,557 / 28,153
2×24.655.70
top 34.9%5,990 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.2810.27
top 38.6%4,180 / 10,224
4×41:24.64
early days — 3 solves5,011 / 5,926
Skewb13.8622.65
top 74.2%3,854 / 5,004

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

Nanjing Autumn 2019: 27.74Wuxi Winter 2019: 21.09Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 9.689.6827.743 Nov 201918 Apr 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.