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Zhijie Yin (尹智杰)

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015YINZ01

Zhijie Yin (尹智杰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.33, set at Shenzhen Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 616th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2015, he has put 488 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.55 in October 2015 to 7.33, a 53% improvement. Zhijie has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.33
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2024
488
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.3310.12
top 1.7%616 / 28,153
4×432.8537.49
top 4.8%476 / 5,926
2×22.083.81
top 5.3%741 / 15,796
5×51:03.811:07.23
top 7.7%364 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed15.5618.52
top 9.3%888 / 5,922
Skewb3.915.52
top 10.3%612 / 5,004
6×62:05.232:08.92
top 13.3%284 / 1,349
Pyraminx5.477.35
top 16.2%1,903 / 10,224
7×73:22.003:25.73
top 17.0%353 / 1,261
Megaminx1:37.39—
top 33.0%986 / 1,678

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

China Championship 2015: 15.55Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 12.68China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 10.94Guilin Open 2018: 10.26Hengyang Open 2019: 11.01Nanchang Good Morning 2021: 9.82Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021: 9.71Guangdong Open 2021: 10.17Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 9.12Guilin Open 2024: 8.98Shenzhen Open 2024: 7.33Zhuhai Open 2025: 10.07Guilin Open 2025: 10.72Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 9.14Foshan Open 2026: 10.007.3315.552 Oct 20152 May 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.