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Can Zhang (张璨)

3×3 · top 81.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015ZHAN59

Can Zhang (张璨) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 44.26, set at Shanghai Spring 2016, puts him in the top 81.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,320th in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2015, he has put 26 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.38 in August 2015 to 44.26, a 21% improvement. Can has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 81.4% of 284,439 all-time
44.26
signature single · Shanghai Spring 2016
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×344.2647.30
top 81.4%23,320 / 28,153
2×211.2715.79
top 82.3%13,190 / 15,796
Pyraminx15.2319.32
top 82.7%8,154 / 10,224

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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 56.38China Championship 2015: 44.37Shanghai Spring 2016: 44.2644.2656.3815 Aug 201519 Mar 2016

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 4.26 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.