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Aobo Zhu (朱奥博)

3×3 · top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017ZHUA07

Aobo Zhu (朱奥博) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.43, set at Mudanjiang Open 2018, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,607th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2017, he has put 49 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.02 in December 2017 to 14.43, a 37% improvement. Aobo has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.43
signature single · Mudanjiang Open 2018
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.4316.80
top 22.5%8,607 / 28,153
Pyraminx9.8312.59
top 51.7%5,412 / 10,224
2×26.116.91
top 52.0%8,853 / 15,796
4×41:15.691:18.43
top 52.2%4,644 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed39.7842.78
top 65.0%5,125 / 5,922
5×52:38.36
early days — 2 solves2,563 / 2,816

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

Heilongjiang Colleges Open 2017: 23.02Beijing Open 2018: 20.42Harbin Open 2018: 18.19Mudanjiang Open 2018: 14.4314.4323.0217 Dec 201722 Dec 2018

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 2.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.