People · China
Zhiyou Zhao (赵智有)
3×3 · top 29.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAO83
Zhiyou Zhao (赵智有) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.59, set at Weihai Open 2025, puts him in the top 29.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,138th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2018, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.32 in December 2018 to 16.59, a 34% improvement. Zhiyou has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.59 | 18.01 | top 29.8% | 11,138 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 5.80 | 8.41 | top 48.8% | 8,444 / 15,939 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,859 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.16 | 20.81 | top 73.8% | 7,402 / 10,269 |
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
- 22 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.54 at Taiyuan Winter 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018First competition: Qinhuangdao Winter 2018. A 25.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weihai Open 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018
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.
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuheng Su (苏昱衡) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.