People · China
Yu Zhu (朱萸)
3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024ZHUY08
Yu Zhu (朱萸) has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Jiajiang Open 2026, puts her in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,909th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2024, she has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.79 in July 2024 to 10.84, a 27% improvement. Yu 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 | 10.84 | 12.29 | top 10.0% | 3,909 / 28,153 | |
| Square-1 | 18.18 | 21.25 | top 23.8% | 394 / 1,362 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 14.91 | top 28.2% | 3,148 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 57.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,334 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 11.73 | 15.52 | top 33.7% | 802 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 4.99 | 6.89 | top 39.2% | 6,759 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Chengdu Summer 2024. A 14.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jiajiang Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Embracing Summer 2026 · 5 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026 · 4 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 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 her.
- Yanchen Long (龙彦辰) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zixiong Li (李紫雄) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shuai Liu (刘帅) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-15 Square-1 single — 4,160 people have one; it is 3.18 away.
Targets move as she improves.