People · China
Bowen Zheng (郑博文)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018ZHEN50
Bowen Zheng (郑博文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Beijing Spring PM 2021, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,063rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2018, he has put 105 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.54 in November 2018 to 8.08, a 66% improvement. Bowen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.08 | 11.00 | top 2.9% | 1,063 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 3.95 | top 11.7% | 1,800 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.60 | 29.06 | top 27.6% | 2,708 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.71 | 8.51 | top 33.8% | 3,711 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 27.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,793 / 5,004 |
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
- 4 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 8.08 at Beijing Spring PM 2021.
- 4 Apr 2021First sub-10 3×3: 8.08 at Beijing Spring PM 2021.
- 3 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.26 at Nanjing Autumn 2019.
- 3 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018First competition: Nanjing Autumn 2018. A 23.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Nanjing Autumn 2018 · 17 Nov 2018
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muyao Tan (谈沐瑶) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jianfei Shan (单剑飞) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.