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Baowen Zhang (张宝文)

2×2 · top 36.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHAN61

Baowen Zhang (张宝文) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.75, set at Nanjing Spring 2017, puts him in the top 36.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,233rd in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2017, he has put 16 official solves on the record across three events. Baowen has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 36.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.75
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2017
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×24.758.75
top 36.1%6,233 / 15,796
3×318.7821.05
top 36.5%12,860 / 28,153
Skewb8.6012.13
top 45.7%2,659 / 5,004

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

Nanjing Spring 2017: 20.08Nanjing Spring 2018: 18.7818.7820.0830 Apr 201730 Apr 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.