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Zhenyu Cao (曹真语)

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024CAOZ01

Zhenyu Cao (曹真语) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.02, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,121st in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2024, he has put 39 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.26 in April 2024 to 11.02, a 10% improvement. Zhenyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.02
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.0213.09
top 10.5%4,121 / 28,153
2×24.235.50
top 29.5%5,039 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.4311.08
top 48.4%5,115 / 10,224
Skewb17.01
early days — 2 solves4,232 / 5,004

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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 12.26Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 11.02Xi'an Summer 2025: 13.2611.0213.265 Apr 202419 Jul 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.