People · China
Yipeng Zhou (周一鹏)
3×3 one-handed · top 3.1% of 74,621 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024ZHOU45
Yipeng Zhou (周一鹏) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.07, set at Xi'an Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 275th in China. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2024, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Yipeng 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 one-handed | 12.07 | 16.51 | top 3.1% | 275 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 9.67 | top 4.5% | 1,727 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.31 | 7.35 | top 43.2% | 7,521 / 15,939 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2024. A 9.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Summer III 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
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.
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ziyu Wu (吴子钰) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.