People · China
Yu Fu (付煜)
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019FUYU01
Yu Fu (付煜) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Yancheng Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,897th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2019, he has put 227 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.67 in April 2019 to 9.01, a 52% improvement. Yu has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.01 | 12.36 | top 4.9% | 1,897 / 28,499 | |
| Clock | 6.28 | 8.15 | top 8.2% | 175 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.34 | 16.72 | top 8.9% | 867 / 5,994 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.52 | 6.30 | top 10.3% | 1,249 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 41.21 | 46.75 | top 13.6% | 1,501 / 5,999 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.69 | 1:22.66 | top 16.1% | 482 / 1,693 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 4.39 | top 17.5% | 2,865 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:14.22 | — | top 17.5% | 250 / 1,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.00 | 2:31.62 | top 21.7% | 490 / 1,363 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.47 | 1:31.95 | top 26.1% | 1,240 / 2,857 | |
| Skewb | 6.27 | 9.65 | top 28.0% | 1,743 / 5,030 | |
| 7×7 | 4:04.26 | 4:19.28 | top 32.5% | 640 / 1,274 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 40.33 | top 41.0% | 466 / 1,071 | |
| Square-1 | 31.94 | 36.85 | top 53.2% | 925 / 1,373 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Yancheng Open 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Yancheng Open 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 24 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2023.
- 16 May 2021Six personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open PM 2021.
- 4 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Shandong Open 2019.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yancheng Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open PM 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.