People · China
Bodun Zhu (朱博楯)
Skewb · top 5.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHUB01
Bodun Zhu (朱博楯) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Urumqi Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 294th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2016, he has put 545 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.73 in October 2016 to 10.99, a 30% improvement. Bodun has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.06 | 4.64 | top 5.3% | 294 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 10.99 | 12.81 | top 10.5% | 4,183 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.17 | top 11.4% | 1,783 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 9.43 | 11.33 | top 22.0% | 507 / 1,887 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 8.62 | top 24.0% | 2,755 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 49.67 | 56.14 | top 24.4% | 2,641 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.96 | 26.99 | top 26.0% | 2,598 / 5,994 | |
| Square-1 | 20.44 | 33.67 | top 29.0% | 501 / 1,373 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.29 | 1:46.99 | top 30.2% | 1,387 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.39 | 5:00.36 | top 44.4% | 827 / 1,274 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.07 | 2:33.23 | top 46.4% | 1,263 / 1,693 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.82 | 3:31.15 | top 50.6% | 969 / 1,363 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | 52.67 | early days — 3 solves | 929 / 1,071 |
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
- 17 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Urumqi Open 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 18 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Changchun Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 28 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fushun Open 2018.
- 26 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.29 at Shijiazhuang Open 2017.
Competitions
- Urumqi Open 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Peking University 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Qinhuangdao Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Changchun Open 2018 · 18 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2018 · 10 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2018 · 22 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fushun Open 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shijiazhuang Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Zongyang Li (李宗阳) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chen Kang (亢晨) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.