People · China
Yongzhe Zhu (朱勇哲)
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ZHUY05
Yongzhe Zhu (朱勇哲) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Wuxi Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 441st in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2016, he has put 98 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.53 in July 2016 to 3.01, a 60% improvement. Yongzhe has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 4.96 | top 3.7% | 441 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 14.34 | 17.05 | top 22.2% | 8,485 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.30 | 24.44 | top 24.0% | 2,376 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 6.17 | top 24.7% | 4,153 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 7.06 | 12.11 | top 34.1% | 2,080 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 2:11.38 | 2:30.76 | top 51.9% | 1,345 / 1,678 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,338 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.44 at Nanchang Spring 2017.
- 15 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Nanchang Spring 2017.
- 15 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Spring 2017.
- 15 Jul 2016First competition: Hefei Open 2016. A 22.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
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.
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yifeng Zhao (赵益沣) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.