People · China
Yinghao Zhu (朱英豪)
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013ZHUY01
Yinghao Zhu (朱英豪) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Sofia Spring 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,109th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2013, he has put 283 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.34 in August 2013 to 9.24, a 43% improvement. Yinghao has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.24 | 9.99 | top 5.4% | 2,109 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.76 | 16.75 | top 5.7% | 534 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.03 | top 6.4% | 908 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 40.84 | 43.70 | top 13.1% | 1,422 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.58 | 9.08 | top 24.5% | 2,778 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.89 | 1:44.27 | top 30.6% | 1,386 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 41.00 | top 37.3% | 409 / 1,058 | |
| Skewb | 7.68 | 13.73 | top 38.9% | 2,320 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:49.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,535 / 1,678 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sofia Spring 2024.
- 7 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 10.54 at China Championship 2018.
- 3 Aug 2013First competition: Shanghai Summer 2013. A 16.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Shanghai 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sofia Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Open 2023 · 17 Dec 2023
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Peking University Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2014 · 2 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.