People · China
Yingjie Zhu (朱英杰)
Megaminx · top 3.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHUY04
Yingjie Zhu (朱英杰) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 45.44, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in China. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 255 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.23 in April 2017 to 10.93, a 28% improvement. Yingjie has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 45.44 | 51.72 | top 3.3% | 70 / 1,678 | |
| Square-1 | 9.82 | 12.84 | top 5.7% | 73 / 1,362 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 5.73 | top 6.5% | 774 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.93 | 13.36 | top 10.3% | 4,011 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.42 | 8.91 | top 13.9% | 839 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.15 | 23.65 | top 15.5% | 1,515 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 45.63 | 51.02 | top 19.1% | 2,077 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.55 | 5.33 | top 20.8% | 3,416 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.47 | 1:57.01 | top 40.2% | 1,796 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:24.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 600 / 1,183 |
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
- 29 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.76 at China Championship 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Chengdu Open 2017. A 15.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Winter 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
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.
- Xinyu Li (李欣宇) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Haolan He (何浩澜) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 5.44 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.