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Yishuo Zhu (朱翊硕)

3×3 · top 0.29% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023ZHUY02

Yishuo Zhu (朱翊硕) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.60, set at Taizhou Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.29% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in China. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2023, he has put 104 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.61 in October 2023 to 5.60, a 15% improvement. Yishuo has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.29% of 284,439 all-time
5.60
signature single · Taizhou Open 2025
104
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×35.606.89
top 0.29%120 / 28,153
2×23.915.22
top 25.3%4,274 / 15,796

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

Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 6.61Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 6.60Hangzhou Open 2024: 6.89Luoyang Spring 2025: 6.43Lishui Open 2025: 6.11Taizhou Open 2025: 5.60Ningbo Autumn 2025: 6.16Xianju NxN 2026: 6.215.606.8915 Oct 20237 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.