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Chen Zhang (张晨)

Pyraminx · top 16.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ZHAN07

Chen Zhang (张晨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.46, set at Shenzhen Open 2019, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,894th in China. Across 13 competitions since February 2017, he has put 168 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.90 in February 2017 to 14.41, a 67% improvement. Chen has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 16.2% of 129,321 all-time
5.46
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2019
168
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx5.467.83
top 16.2%1,894 / 10,224
3×314.4118.61
top 22.4%8,574 / 28,153
2×25.437.79
top 44.5%7,659 / 15,796

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 43.90GDSY Open 2017: 41.13China Championship 2017: 29.11Shantou Open 2017: 24.63China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 26.35Shenzhen Open 2017: 23.14GDSY Open 2018: 14.41Shenzhen Open 2018: 16.49Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 18.69Dongguan Open 2019: 19.89Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 21.65Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 21.01Shenzhen Open 2019: 22.1714.4143.9025 Feb 201721 Sep 2019

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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.