People · China
Yingkai Zhou (周英锴)
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017ZHOU35
Yingkai Zhou (周英锴) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at Quanzhou Summer 2026, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,465th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2017, he has put 61 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.96 in July 2017 to 11.28, a 19% improvement. Yingkai has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 11.28 | 12.89 | top 11.4% | 4,465 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 48.80 | 55.56 | top 23.2% | 2,482 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.50 | 5.03 | top 32.9% | 5,640 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.27 | 2:00.35 | top 45.5% | 1,962 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.34 | 40.69 | top 59.7% | 4,857 / 5,922 |
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
- 2 Jul 2017First competition: Quanzhou Open 2017. A 17.14 3×3 single to start from.
- 2 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.96 at Quanzhou Open 2017.
Competitions
- Quanzhou Summer 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Fuzhou Autumn 2017 · 5 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Open 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jieze Jiang (蒋杰泽) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Zejia Ren (任泽佳) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.