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Chenyang Zhang (张辰旸)

3×3 one-handed · top 8.0% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ZHAN55

Chenyang Zhang (张辰旸) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.95, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 777th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.82 in May 2016 to 14.02, a 21% improvement. Chenyang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 8.0% of 73,695 all-time
14.95
signature single · China Championship 2017
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed14.9525.43
top 8.0%777 / 5,922
3×314.0216.05
top 21.0%8,121 / 28,153
2×26.357.59
top 54.5%9,239 / 15,796
Skewb10.3014.15
top 56.7%3,145 / 5,004
4×41:23.86
early days — 1 solve4,979 / 5,926

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 Summer 2016: 17.82Xi'an Open 2016: 14.02Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 14.53China Championship 2017: 16.3814.0217.828 May 201628 Jul 2017

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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.