People · China
Yu Zhu (朱玉)
3×3 · top 18.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010ZHUY04
Yu Zhu (朱玉) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.33, set at Beijing Summer Open 2014, puts him in the top 18.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,236th in China. Across 10 competitions since November 2010, he has put 192 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.81 in July 2011 to 13.33, a 33% improvement. Yu has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 13.33 | 16.26 | top 18.6% | 7,236 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 7.35 | top 28.4% | 4,828 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.59 | 1:41.32 | top 31.2% | 1,410 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.22 | 12.55 | top 38.1% | 4,125 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.73 | 1:04.26 | top 38.3% | 3,742 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.72 | 38.37 | top 46.0% | 4,079 / 5,922 | |
| 7×7 | 5:34.94 | 5:56.86 | top 61.1% | 1,016 / 1,261 |
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
- 14 Jul 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Yingkou Open 2013.
- 14 Jul 2013Four personal bests in one day at Yingkou Open 2013.
- 23 Dec 2012Four personal bests in one day at Tianjin Winter 2012.
- 19 May 2012Three personal bests in one day at China Tourism Day 2012.
- 28 Nov 2010First competition: Beijing No Cubes 2010.
Competitions
- BUAA Open 2014 · 16 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Yingkou Open 2013 · 14 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Tianjin Winter 2012 · 23 Dec 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2012 · 24 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- China Tourism Day 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Human Rights Day 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing No Cubes 2010 · 28 Nov 2010
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.
- Hongye Sun (孙虹烨) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Fan Yang (杨帆) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Congjian Zhang (张丛健) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.