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Bodun Zhu (朱博楯)

Skewb · top 5.3% of 73,281 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 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 293rd 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; 55% of the 35,811 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.

Skewb
best event — top 5.3% of 73,281 all-time
3.06
signature single · Urumqi Open 2019
545
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.064.64
top 5.3%293 / 5,004
3×310.9912.81
top 10.4%4,089 / 28,153
2×22.744.17
top 11.4%1,748 / 15,796
Clock9.4311.33
top 22.1%489 / 1,843
Pyraminx6.518.62
top 23.9%2,721 / 10,224
4×449.6756.14
top 24.3%2,595 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed21.9626.99
top 25.9%2,549 / 5,922
Square-120.4433.67
top 29.0%491 / 1,362
5×51:33.291:46.99
top 30.1%1,357 / 2,816
7×74:39.395:00.36
top 44.3%816 / 1,261
Megaminx2:01.072:33.23
top 46.3%1,247 / 1,678
6×63:19.823:31.15
top 50.5%959 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves52.67
early days — 3 solves916 / 1,058

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

Asian Championship 2016: 15.73Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 15.89China Championship 2017: 15.24Wuxi Open 2017: 16.31Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 15.13Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 13.29Fushun Open 2018: 13.01Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 11.10Beijing Open 2018: 15.35Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 14.43Tangshan Open 2018: 13.37Changchun Open 2018: 11.58Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 12.52Beijing Summer 2018: 15.25Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 13.32Wuhan University Open 2018: 11.91WIT Open 2018: 11.50Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 12.41Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 11.74Urumqi Open 2019: 10.9910.9916.311 Oct 201617 Aug 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.