People · China
Bowen Zhang (张博文)
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZHAB09
Bowen Zhang (张博文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,389th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.87 in July 2018 to 10.33, a 20% improvement. Bowen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.33 | 12.44 | top 8.5% | 3,389 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 49.55 | 53.01 | top 24.3% | 2,623 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 5.50 | top 28.8% | 4,959 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.15 | 28.59 | top 32.0% | 3,130 / 5,994 | |
| Skewb | 10.59 | 14.47 | top 58.6% | 3,248 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.52 | 18.81 | top 75.6% | 7,567 / 10,269 |
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 2019Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First competition: Hefei Summer 2018. A 13.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 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.
- Yuxiao Lu (陆语骁) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiazhou Li (李佳洲) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 9.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.