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Yunqian Zhu (朱韵潜)

3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010ZHUY01

Yunqian Zhu (朱韵潜) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.27, set at Shenyang Open 2014, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,839th in China. Across 7 competitions since January 2010, he has put 101 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.78 in January 2010 to 12.27, a 46% improvement. Yunqian has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.27
signature single · Shenyang Open 2014
101
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.2714.77
top 14.8%5,839 / 28,153
4×41:00.581:06.94
top 37.1%3,638 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed27.5336.28
top 40.7%3,736 / 5,922
2×25.888.51
top 49.6%8,481 / 15,796
5×55:59.52
early days — 2 solves2,816 / 2,816
Pyraminx32.3642.67
top 98.7%10,094 / 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

Changchun Open 2010: 22.78ChangChun 2010: 21.78Yingkou Open 2011: 14.34Shenyang Open 2014: 12.27Changchun Open 2016: 14.71Harbin Open 2019: 14.12Harbin Open 2024: 15.1312.2722.782 Jan 201027 Oct 2024

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.