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Anna Wang Zhou
Pyraminx · top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZHOU13
Anna Wang Zhou has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.72, set at Sandnes Winter 2024, puts her in the top 6.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2022, she has put 414 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 7.65 in March 2023 to 3.72, a 51% improvement. Anna has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Norway | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.72 | 8.38 | top 6.3% | 70 / 865 | |
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 5.66 | top 23.3% | 302 / 1,202 | |
| 3×3 | 15.67 | 18.26 | top 26.7% | 394 / 1,609 | |
| Skewb | 7.60 | 13.06 | top 38.3% | 241 / 531 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.35 | 1:55.80 | top 38.9% | 81 / 262 | |
| Clock | 15.40 | 17.81 | top 49.5% | 109 / 241 | |
| 4×4 | 1:28.20 | 1:42.19 | top 62.3% | 351 / 590 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.71 | 1:16.63 | top 70.2% | 328 / 513 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Norwegian Championship 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bergen Fall 2023.
- 1 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sandnes Open 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 19.05 at Bergen Spring 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.05 at Bergen Spring 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Bergen Open 2022. A 37.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bergen Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Norwegian Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Fall 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Bergen 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sandnes Open 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bergen Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2023 · 5 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bergen Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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.
- Olav Bergeland Sandven — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Johannes Djupedal Power — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jacob Oliver Bruun — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as she improves.