People · China
Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟)
4×4 · top 11.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ZHUY04
Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 39.73, set at Linfen Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,262nd in China. Across 13 competitions since June 2016, he has put 429 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.74 in November 2016 to 12.06, a 57% improvement. Yunzhou has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 39.73 | 52.09 | top 11.8% | 1,262 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 7.68 | top 11.9% | 707 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.70 | top 13.2% | 2,056 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.06 | 14.87 | top 14.1% | 5,563 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.41 | 8.09 | top 15.8% | 1,859 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 16.80 | 19.54 | top 20.5% | 329 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 11.90 | 12.87 | top 34.4% | 820 / 1,843 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.59 | 1:50.23 | top 35.1% | 1,580 / 2,816 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.03 | 1:55.41 | top 39.8% | 1,140 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 46.00 | top 44.7% | 515 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.07 | 37.95 | top 53.5% | 4,527 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:28.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 839 / 1,183 | |
| 6×6 | 3:58.36 | 4:05.56 | top 64.8% | 1,134 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:53.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,069 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 14:49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 233 / 278 |
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
- 4 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 22 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.26 at Taiyuan Winter 2018.
- 22 Dec 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yongzhe Mao (毛勇喆) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.73 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.