People · China
Boqin Zhao (赵博钦)
3×3 blindfolded · top 2.4% of 12,178 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ZHAO32
Boqin Zhao (赵博钦) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 23.10, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in China. Until November 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2017, he has put 233 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.61 in June 2017 to 10.57, a 22% improvement. Boqin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 23.10 | 28.43 | top 2.4% | 34 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 8.24 | 9.21 | top 3.4% | 43 / 1,362 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 4.35 | top 5.1% | 705 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 34.55 | 38.43 | top 6.3% | 637 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.57 | 11.51 | top 9.2% | 3,594 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 3:18.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 22 / 149 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.95 | 1:29.45 | top 18.0% | 542 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.30 | 8.84 | top 30.3% | 3,342 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 11.35 | 12.73 | top 31.8% | 754 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.25 | 29.52 | top 37.5% | 3,507 / 5,922 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 7 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Six personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 24 Jun 2017First competition: Beijing Open 2017. A 15.43 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.61 at Beijing Open 2017.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018
- Peking University 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yubo Ji (纪宇博) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 3.10 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.