People · Canada
Yingzhuo Zhang
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ZHAN19
Yingzhuo Zhang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Imaginaire Québec 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 374th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2023, he has put 402 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.34 in May 2023 to 8.52, a 66% improvement. Yingzhuo has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.52 | 9.97 | top 3.8% | 374 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 3.18 | 6.73 | top 6.0% | 107 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.77 | top 7.4% | 493 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.25 | 7.97 | top 8.9% | 325 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.00 | 25.25 | top 26.1% | 567 / 2,632 | |
| Clock | 11.87 | 13.52 | top 34.2% | 313 / 1,057 | |
| Square-1 | 47.91 | 1:08.98 | top 74.1% | 712 / 973 |
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
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Imaginaire Quebec 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.93 at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.20 at Open de Montréal 2023.
- 7 May 2023First competition: National Capital Region B 2023. A 25.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Imaginaire Québec 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Trois-Rivières 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nouveaux Venus à Montréal A 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Kingston Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pas de 3x3 à Gatineau 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lake Placid 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marble City Cubing 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Imaginaire Quebec 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023
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.
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- YiFei Chen — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Sophie Desgagne — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.