People · China
Yike Zhou (周奕珂)
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ZHOU03
Yike Zhou (周奕珂) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at SacCubing XIX 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,051st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 130 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in February 2024 to 10.12, a 22% improvement. Yike 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 | 10.12 | 12.28 | top 7.8% | 3,051 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 4.45 | top 8.3% | 1,218 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.82 | 13.09 | top 26.4% | 2,957 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.25 | 29.94 | top 34.9% | 3,314 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.87 | — | top 61.3% | 5,078 / 5,926 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVIII 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First competition: Davis Winter 2024. A 14.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 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.
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Catherine Popescu — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.