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Zhibo Jin (金智博)

2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018JINZ02

Zhibo Jin (金智博) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Glasgow Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,296 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.74 in April 2018 to 0.99, a 79% improvement. Zhibo has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time
0.99
signature single · Glasgow Spring 2024
1,296
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×20.991.61
top 0.54%54 / 15,796
3×37.7610.01
top 2.4%861 / 28,153
4×431.4636.41
top 3.8%370 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed12.6117.17
top 3.8%335 / 5,922
Pyraminx3.185.61
top 4.3%513 / 10,224
5×51:05.881:11.03
top 9.0%428 / 2,816
6×62:04.532:13.04
top 12.9%277 / 1,349
Megaminx1:13.931:32.83
top 18.0%541 / 1,678
7×73:30.803:41.02
top 20.1%411 / 1,261
Skewb6.998.70
top 33.6%2,053 / 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

Nanjing Spring 2018: 4.74Wellington Winter 2018: 3.28Wuxi Autumn 2018: 2.20Nanjing Autumn 2018: 2.17Xuzhou Winter 2018: 1.76Yancheng Spring 2019: 1.67Xuzhou Spring 2019: 1.75Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 1.73WCA World Championship 2019: 1.24Shandong Open 2019: 1.24Changsha Autumn 2019: 1.19Xuzhou Winter 2019: 1.53Shaoxing Open 2019: 1.03Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 1.67Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 2.23NZ South Island Championship 2023: 1.30Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 1.53Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 1.26Wiltshire December 2023: 1.44Stevenage January 2024: 1.73Stevenage February 2024: 1.26Glasgow Spring 2024: 0.99Xuzhou Open 2024: 1.15Wakefield Summer 2024: 1.21Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 1.46Battersea Autumn 2024: 1.40Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 1.58Xi'an Summer 2025: 1.56Zhengzhou Summer III 2025: 1.43Stevenage October 2025: 1.540.994.7430 Apr 201811 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.