People · Hong Kong, China
Brian Wu Shang Zhi (鄔尚志)
3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHIB01
Brian Wu Shang Zhi (鄔尚志) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.93, set at Canadian Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2015, he has put 172 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in May 2015 to 7.85, a 39% improvement. Brian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.93 | 13.15 | top 1.8% | 13 / 361 | |
| 3×3 | 7.85 | 9.84 | top 2.5% | 68 / 1,347 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.12 | top 5.4% | 73 / 855 | |
| 4×4 | 34.12 | 40.65 | top 6.0% | 53 / 423 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.07 | 1:15.78 | top 12.4% | 60 / 192 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.59 | 1:44.59 | top 21.5% | 57 / 154 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.20 | 2:28.39 | top 21.6% | 38 / 87 | |
| 7×7 | 3:46.33 | 3:50.41 | early days — 3 solves | 35 / 74 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.17 | 9.34 | top 37.6% | 219 / 431 | |
| Skewb | 7.76 | 8.77 | top 39.5% | 151 / 285 |
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
- 13 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 26 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.29 at Hong Kong Open 2017.
- 22 Aug 2015Four personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015.
- 16 May 2015First competition: Hong Kong Spring Cube Day 2015. A 12.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Open 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Spring Cube Day 2015 · 16 May 2015
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.
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Anto Kam (甘浩東) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.