People · United States
Yuanrui Zhang
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZHAN48
Yuanrui Zhang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Berkeley Summer 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 229 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.72 in September 2023 to 7.34, a 37% improvement. Yuanrui has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.34 | 9.50 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 3.86 | top 2.1% | 825 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.95 | 3.94 | top 3.5% | 923 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 9.36 | 12.77 | top 5.0% | 366 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 5.44 | 6.74 | top 5.6% | 430 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 3.22 | 6.42 | top 6.1% | 949 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 53.56 | 58.79 | top 6.8% | 472 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 37.80 | 43.85 | top 9.6% | 1,428 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.05 | 1:17.39 | top 13.1% | 1,014 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.75 | 22.13 | top 17.1% | 2,205 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.39 | 2:36.64 | top 26.3% | 929 / 4,196 |
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
- 22 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
- 14 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
- 3 Sep 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023. A 11.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Rahul Bollini — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.