People · China
Yuchen Zou (邹雨辰)
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018ZOUY01
Yuchen Zou (邹雨辰) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.17, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,138th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2018, he has put 132 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in August 2018 to 8.17, a 48% improvement. Yuchen 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 | 8.17 | 12.42 | top 3.1% | 1,138 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.14 | 29.21 | top 15.4% | 1,514 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 7.77 | top 18.4% | 2,112 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.56 | top 23.6% | 3,925 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 57.52 | 1:06.39 | top 33.7% | 3,358 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 7.05 | 11.24 | top 34.0% | 2,077 / 5,004 |
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
- 10 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.17 at Zibo Open 2025.
- 6 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Qinhuangdao Open 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at China Championship 2018.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Shenyang Summer 2018. A 17.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuan Gao (高原) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jiaming Zhang (张嘉铭) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.