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Yuanyuan Zhu (朱圆圆)

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHUY09

Yuanyuan Zhu (朱圆圆) has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.95, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,810th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2019, she has put 28 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.39 in August 2019 to 8.95, a 28% improvement. Yuanyuan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.95
signature single · Guangdong Open 2021
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.9511.35
top 4.7%1,810 / 28,153
Skewb6.378.02
top 28.7%1,769 / 5,004
Megaminx1:51.08
early days — 2 solves1,163 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded3:32.26
early days — 1 solve852 / 1,183

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

Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.39Guangdong Open 2021: 8.958.9512.3924 Aug 20191 May 2021

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as she improves.