People · China
Zitao Ye (叶子滔)
4×4 · top 1.3% of 85,040 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017YEZI01
Zitao Ye (叶子滔) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.74, set at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in China. Until February 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2017, he has put 199 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.92 in November 2017 to 7.81, a 40% improvement. Zitao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.74 | 29.65 | top 1.3% | 128 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 7.81 | 8.46 | top 2.5% | 913 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 52.40 | 55.23 | top 2.5% | 106 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.10 | 16.22 | top 3.2% | 277 / 5,994 | |
| 6×6 | 1:45.87 | 1:56.35 | top 5.9% | 129 / 1,363 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.06 | 5.06 | top 8.0% | 962 / 10,269 | |
| 7×7 | 3:10.33 | 3:24.43 | early days — 3 solves | 274 / 1,274 | |
| Square-1 | 15.51 | 22.63 | top 17.6% | 279 / 1,373 | |
| 2×2 | 3.76 | 3.96 | top 23.5% | 3,967 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 10.02 | 10.51 | top 25.0% | 590 / 1,887 |
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
- 6 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026.
- 31 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quangang Afternoon 2025.
- 6 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 6 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 12 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at Fujian Championship 2018.
- 19 Nov 2017First competition: TKK Open 2017. A 14.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quanzhou Big Cubes 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Quangang Afternoon 2025 · 31 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Fujian Championship 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- TKK Open 2017 · 19 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Daoming Ye (叶道明) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yujie Rao (饶喻杰) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.