People · Malaysia
Ang Zhen Zhou
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ZHOU01
Ang Zhen Zhou has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2017, he has put 568 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.12 in February 2017 to 7.49, a 54% improvement. Ang has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 9.41 | top 2.0% | 87 / 3,773 | |
| Skewb | 2.36 | 3.06 | top 2.4% | 23 / 1,053 | |
| 4×4 | 34.83 | 39.91 | top 6.6% | 108 / 1,219 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.50 | top 11.1% | 288 / 2,541 | |
| Square-1 | 13.13 | 15.34 | top 12.2% | 52 / 364 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.44 | 28.01 | top 27.2% | 417 / 1,327 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 11.09 | top 28.2% | 568 / 1,723 |
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
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019.
- 14 Jun 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Tangkak Perkasa 2018.
- 14 Jun 2018Six personal bests in one day at Tangkak Perkasa 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Malaysian Cube Championship 2017.
- 11 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Foon Yew Open 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017First competition: Forest City Open 2017. A 16.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Johor Special 2024 · 31 Mar 2024
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Johor Mini 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Johor Cube Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangkak Perkasa 2018 · 14 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Cube Open 2018 · 11 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Foon Yew Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Forest City Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017
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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.