People · United States
Austin Zou
2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ZOUA01
Austin Zou has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at ODU Big Blue Open 2015, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,669th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2015, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 12.72 | top 9.3% | 3,669 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 27.37 | 44.67 | top 57.6% | 34,096 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.78 | 11.27 | top 58.9% | 17,280 / 28,708 |
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 story so far
- 24 Oct 2015First competition: ODU Big Blue Open 2015. A 27.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015
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.
- Christopher Gauert — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- John Mark Grimes — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zeth Kipps — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.