People · Canada
Anthony Zhao
Pyraminx · top 1.4% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ZHAO03
Anthony Zhao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2022, he has put 416 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.33 in May 2022 to 10.19, a 10% improvement. Anthony has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.17 | 3.43 | top 1.4% | 51 / 4,913 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 3.21 | top 3.7% | 238 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 11.88 | top 8.1% | 751 / 10,502 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.59 | 28.29 | top 30.4% | 688 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.38 | 2:18.50 | top 44.0% | 491 / 1,393 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.42 | 1:15.17 | top 46.4% | 1,285 / 3,180 | |
| Skewb | 9.29 | 14.89 | top 50.5% | 1,387 / 2,928 | |
| Square-1 | 35.72 | 46.97 | top 59.6% | 546 / 973 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.83 | 2:42.70 | top 64.8% | 889 / 1,546 | |
| Clock | 24.59 | — | top 76.0% | 780 / 1,057 | |
| 6×6 | 7:22.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 645 / 683 |
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
- 29 May 2022First competition: 3x3x3 Only Hamilton B 2022. A 13.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Side Events 2023 · 2 Jul 2023
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- London Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall B 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Side Events 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- 3x3x3 Only Hamilton B 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ryan Wu — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Max Kaloshi — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tristan Lei — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.