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Alexander Zhou

3×3 · top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ZHOU14

Alexander Zhou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.99, set at Cubing Peoria 2022, puts him in the top 17.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,316th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 37 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Alexander has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.99
signature single · Cubing Peoria 2022
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9915.56
top 17.4%9,316 / 59,724
2×28.6112.78
top 71.4%29,491 / 40,951

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

Cubing Peoria 2022: 12.99Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 16.66The Legacy Begins 2023: 14.96Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 15.28Back To The Ville 2023: 17.7312.9917.7324 Sep 20225 Nov 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.