People · China
Zhouyu Zhao (赵洲宇)
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018ZHAO55
Zhouyu Zhao (赵洲宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,338th in China. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2018, he has put 82 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Zhouyu 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 | 10.36 | 11.91 | top 8.5% | 3,338 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 5.91 | top 11.4% | 1,748 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.38 | 21.44 | top 16.1% | 1,591 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 44.95 | 51.95 | top 18.3% | 1,981 / 5,926 | |
| 7×7 | 4:16.81 | 4:39.01 | early days — 3 solves | 705 / 1,261 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.83 | 1:51.94 | top 39.0% | 1,757 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.77 | 3:10.75 | top 41.9% | 825 / 1,349 |
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
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Suzhou Open 2018. A 11.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Meng Yuan (袁梦) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.