People · China
Yulong Zhu (朱昱龙)
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHUY07
Yulong Zhu (朱昱龙) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at Huzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,161st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2019, he has put 46 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.79 in August 2019 to 10.21, a 13% improvement. Yulong has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.21 | 11.39 | top 8.1% | 3,161 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 41.96 | 52.86 | top 14.5% | 1,569 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.90 | 1:22.65 | top 19.0% | 910 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.21 | 4:07.42 | early days — 3 solves | 587 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.13 | 3:00.57 | early days — 3 solves | 642 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.70 | 28.18 | top 30.7% | 2,964 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.94 | 12.57 | top 52.5% | 5,496 / 10,224 |
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
- 17 Aug 2019First competition: Urumqi Open 2019. A 11.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Urumqi Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 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.
- Xiujun Shi (史修浚) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jiahan Wei (魏嘉函) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhen Yuan (袁桢) — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.