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Chaoxu Zhang (张朝旭)

3×3 · top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009ZHAN33

Chaoxu Zhang (张朝旭) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.21, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012, puts him in the top 34.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,393rd in China. Across 12 competitions since June 2009, he has put 68 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.11 in June 2009 to 18.21, a 65% improvement. Chaoxu has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.21
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012
68
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.2122.47
top 34.7%12,393 / 28,153

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

Xi'an Open 2009: 52.11Xi'an Spring 2010: 32.78Xi'an Autumn Open 2010: 22.90Xi'an Winter Open 2010: 24.66Xi'an Spring 2011: 21.41Xi'an Lucky Open 2011: 19.72Xi'an Autumn Open 2011: 22.80Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 23.05Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 18.21Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 19.95Xi'an Summer 2013: 19.30Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 24.2318.2152.1128 Jun 200913 Apr 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.