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Yuan Feng Zhu
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026ZHUY04
Yuan Feng Zhu has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.25, set at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,054th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2026, he has put 19 official solves on the record across two events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.25 | 10.39 | top 5.5% | 3,054 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.52 | 31.54 | top 38.1% | 5,062 / 15,683 |
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 story so far
- 9 May 2026First competition: No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026. A 10.81 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026.
Competitions
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Lucinda Zhou — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Benjamin Schmutter — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Atharva Shreenidhee Vartak — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.