People · China
Zhenyi Xu (徐珍怡)
2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016XUZH04
Zhenyi Xu (徐珍怡) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Xuzhou Open 2024, puts her in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2016, she has put 323 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 2×2 best has come down from 5.37 in May 2016 to 1.84, a 66% improvement. Zhenyi has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 2.45 | top 3.8% | 516 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 10.90 | top 6.2% | 2,459 / 28,499 | |
| Clock | 5.97 | 6.65 | top 7.1% | 149 / 1,887 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 5.34 | top 8.4% | 1,024 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.28 | 17.38 | top 8.8% | 852 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 3.70 | 5.45 | top 9.0% | 523 / 5,030 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.25 | 1:11.26 | top 11.2% | 312 / 1,693 | |
| 4×4 | 41.46 | 44.79 | top 13.9% | 1,536 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 15.32 | 20.55 | top 17.2% | 272 / 1,373 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Oct 2026Six personal bests in one day at Thailand Championship 2026.
- 14 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2024.
- 19 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Shanghai Open 2019.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 10.82 at China Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
Competitions
- Thailand Championship 2026 · 9 Oct 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Winter 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 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 her.
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Junqi Feng (冯骏骐) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as she improves.