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Yiming Zuo (左一鸣)

3×3 one-handed · top 2.0% of 73,695 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 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 170th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since December 2019, he has put 616 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 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.15 in December 2019 to 8.82, a 33% improvement. Yiming has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 2.0% of 73,695 all-time
11.16
signature single · Xuzhou Open 2025
616
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%170 / 5,922
2×21.693.40
top 3.0%377 / 15,796
3×38.829.96
top 4.5%1,698 / 28,153
4×435.5845.52
top 7.3%733 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.1810.11
top 8.6%1,031 / 10,224
Skewb5.7110.01
top 23.5%1,459 / 5,004
Clock9.9411.19
top 24.8%561 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves37.00
top 33.6%369 / 1,058
5×51:43.33—
top 37.8%1,707 / 2,816
Square-125.0133.89
top 39.2%670 / 1,362
Megaminx1:58.36—
early days — 1 solve1,229 / 1,678
6×63:46.94—
early days — 2 solves1,092 / 1,349

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

Taiyuan Winter 2019: 13.15Xuzhou Open 2024: 9.71Kunshan Open 2024: 10.52Chengdu Summer 2024: 9.72Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 9.30Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.54Yancheng Open 2024: 10.13Luoyang Spring 2025: 10.31Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 9.22Harbin Open 2025: 9.78Taizhou Open 2025: 9.77Ningbo Autumn 2025: 9.40Hefei Open 2025: 8.82Hangzhou Winter 2025: 9.91Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 10.01Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 10.238.8213.1522 Dec 201911 Apr 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.