People · China
Yuanzhe Wu (武远哲)
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016WUYU05
Yuanzhe Wu (武远哲) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Nanjing Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,369th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2016, he has put 280 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.76 in August 2016 to 10.39, a 19% improvement. Yuanzhe has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 10.39 | 13.55 | top 8.6% | 3,369 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 4.83 | top 10.1% | 601 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.61 | 21.89 | top 19.5% | 1,955 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 48.74 | 55.90 | top 23.1% | 2,475 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 8.94 | top 27.4% | 3,062 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 4.93 | top 28.5% | 4,853 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 15.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,172 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 41.35 | 53.43 | top 67.1% | 1,113 / 1,362 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,621 / 2,816 |
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
- 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Winter 2018.
- 17 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2018.
- 20 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Yangzhou Open 2017.
- 7 Aug 2016First competition: Linyi Open 2016. A 12.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuchang Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016
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.
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Guangda Liu (刘广达) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.