People · China
Yu Zou (邹瑜)
3×3 blindfolded · top 8.5% of 12,334 all-time · competing since March 2026 · 2026ZOUY02
Yu Zou (邹瑜) has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 45.56, set at Xianju Bayberry 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 131st in China. Until July 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2026, he has put 53 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 blindfolded best has come down from 2:17.35 in March 2026 to 45.56, a 67% 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 blindfolded | 45.56 | — | top 8.5% | 131 / 1,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.97 | top 10.6% | 1,279 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 12.92 | 14.11 | top 17.2% | 6,860 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 54.67 | 58.44 | top 30.4% | 3,141 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 11.22 | 12.21 | top 31.1% | 757 / 1,887 | |
| Square-1 | 23.15 | 32.70 | top 35.1% | 598 / 1,373 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 5.92 | top 37.6% | 6,559 / 15,939 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.62 | 2:17.64 | top 47.3% | 2,055 / 2,857 |
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 blindfolded. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Mar 2026First competition: Xianju NxN 2026. A 12.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Korea Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Big & Blind 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Xianju NxN 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
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.
- Jinghan Yang (杨景涵) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ziyi Xu (徐梓翼) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 blindfolded single — 839 people have one; it is 5.56 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.