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Yiming Zuo (左一鸣)

3×3 one-handed · top 2.0% of 74,621 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019ZUOY02

Yiming Zuo (左一鸣) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at Xuzhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since December 2019, he has put 670 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 13.27 in March 2024 to 11.16, a 16% improvement. Yiming has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.0% of 74,621 all-time
11.16
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2025
670
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed11.1613.94
top 2.0%173 / 5,994
2×21.693.40
top 3.1%387 / 15,939
3×38.829.96
top 4.5%1,735 / 28,499
4×435.5845.29
top 7.3%764 / 5,999
Pyraminx4.189.15
top 8.6%1,051 / 10,269
Clock9.5210.61
top 22.6%520 / 1,887
Skewb5.7110.01
top 23.6%1,477 / 5,030
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves37.00
top 33.6%375 / 1,071
5×51:43.33—
top 37.9%1,743 / 2,857
Square-125.0133.89
top 39.3%678 / 1,373
Megaminx1:58.36—
early days — 1 solve1,245 / 1,693
6×63:46.94—
early days — 2 solves1,105 / 1,363

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

Xuzhou Open 2024: 13.27Kunshan Open 2024: 14.79Chengdu Summer 2024: 15.68Yancheng Open 2024: 13.75Luoyang Spring 2025: 15.03Deqing Spring 2025: 17.16Yancheng Open 2025: 12.84Harbin Open 2025: 14.38Taizhou Open 2025: 13.03Ningbo Autumn 2025: 13.37Hefei Open 2025: 12.86Xuzhou Open 2025: 11.16Hangzhou Winter 2025: 13.05Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 12.69Yancheng Spring Open 2026: 13.21Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 11.40Deqing Small & Special 2026: 12.00Guangzhou Grand Open 2026: 11.5811.1617.1630 Mar 20245 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.