People · China
Bowen Zhang (张博文)
Pyraminx · top 0.84% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHAB02
Bowen Zhang (张博文) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at Jiaozuo Open 2017, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in China. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2016, he has put 266 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.10 in November 2016 to 11.49, a 33% improvement. Bowen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.81 | 3.75 | top 0.84% | 97 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 11.49 | 13.55 | top 12.2% | 4,886 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 5.34 | top 12.4% | 1,966 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.24 | 7.24 | top 12.6% | 775 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.30 | 30.89 | top 42.7% | 3,934 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.92 | 1:15.83 | top 42.9% | 4,134 / 5,999 |
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
- 2 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 6 Nov 2016First competition: Zibo Open 2016. A 18.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017
- Huaibei Open 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 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.
- Yilin Miao (苗宜琳) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.