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Zuyu Cao (曹祖玉)

Skewb · top 23.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025CAOZ01

Zuyu Cao (曹祖玉) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.69, set at Xi'an Summer 2026, puts her in the top 23.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,455th in China. Across 2 competitions since February 2025, she has put 42 official solves on the record across six events. Her Skewb best has come down from 8.98 in February 2025 to 5.69, a 37% improvement. Zuyu has entered two competitions.

Skewb
best event — top 23.4% of 73,281 all-time
5.69
signature single · Xi'an Summer 2026
42
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb5.6912.64
top 23.4%1,455 / 5,004
Pyraminx7.779.07
top 34.3%3,765 / 10,224
3×318.4820.90
top 35.6%12,616 / 28,153
2×24.896.13
top 37.9%6,548 / 15,796
4×41:04.33
early days — 2 solves3,947 / 5,926
Clock14.9717.20
top 47.8%1,130 / 1,843

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

Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 8.98Xi'an Summer 2026: 5.695.698.988 Feb 202519 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as she improves.