People · China
Yiming Zhu (祝一鸣)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHUY07
Yiming Zhu (祝一鸣) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.95, set at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 450th in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 130 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.97 in November 2016 to 6.95, a 23% improvement. Yiming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 6.95 | 9.80 | top 1.3% | 450 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.02 | 5.00 | top 3.7% | 447 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.24 | top 5.9% | 831 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 41.87 | 45.34 | top 14.3% | 1,547 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.27 | 23.57 | top 18.6% | 1,854 / 5,922 |
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
- 19 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017.
- 6 Nov 2016First competition: Wuhan Open 2016. A 8.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Minjie Huang (黄敏杰) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.