People · New Zealand
Yuhai Zhou
3×3 · top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024ZHOU44
Yuhai Zhou has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.88, set at Beachside Auckland 2025, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 430th in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since November 2024, he has put 66 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in November 2024 to 13.88, a 19% improvement. Yuhai has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.88 | 17.59 | top 20.5% | 430 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 4.37 | 6.59 | top 31.3% | 548 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.80 | 11.59 | top 51.4% | 664 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.23 | 51.59 | top 77.0% | 437 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 569 / 722 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.88 at Beachside Auckland 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First competition: Max Speed Milford 2024. A 17.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
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.
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Mills — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elyas Eyou — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.