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Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗)

3×3 · top 0.044% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021ZHUA01

Yiming Zhuang (庄轶茗) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.46, set at Zhuhai Pi Day 2026, puts him in the top 0.044% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in China. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,164 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.85 in January 2021 to 4.46, an 85% improvement. Yiming has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.044% of 284,439 all-time
4.46
signature single · Zhuhai Pi Day 2026
1,164
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×34.465.71
top 0.044%30 / 28,153
4×420.6724.59
top 0.087%9 / 5,926
5×543.7050.55
top 0.51%24 / 2,816
2×21.001.34
top 0.55%57 / 15,796
Pyraminx2.635.21
top 2.5%302 / 10,224
Skewb3.436.44
top 7.3%407 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed15.8418.74
top 9.9%957 / 5,922
6×62:01.232:08.99
top 11.4%243 / 1,349
Clock7.299.67
top 12.1%263 / 1,843

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

Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 29.85Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 14.96Chongqing Open 2023: 6.42Shenzhen Youth Open 2023: 6.41Changsha Open 2023: 6.67Shenzhen Open 2023: 6.27Hangzhou Spring 2024: 5.74Nanchang Spring 2024: 5.72Guiyang Open 2024: 6.45Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 5.63Vietnam Championship 2024: 6.49Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 5.64Guilin Open 2024: 5.73Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 5.97Shenzhen Open 2024: 5.68Hanoi Winter 2024: 5.85Chongqing New Year 2025: 5.79Singapore Championship 2025: 5.40Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 5.36Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 5.45Zhuhai Open 2025: 5.27Jiangmen Open 2025: 4.68Quangang Afternoon 2025: 6.54Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 5.48Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 4.73Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 4.46Foshan Open 2026: 5.254.4629.859 Jan 20212 May 2026

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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.