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Chuan Zhao (赵川)

3×3 · top 33.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018ZHAO57

Chuan Zhao (赵川) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.86, set at Wuhan Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 33.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,116th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2018, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.17 in August 2018 to 17.86, a 58% improvement. Chuan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.7% of 284,439 all-time
17.86
signature single · Wuhan Autumn 2019
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.8624.21
top 33.7%12,116 / 28,153
2×26.138.50
top 52.2%8,883 / 15,796
Pyraminx11.2314.09
top 62.2%6,353 / 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

Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 42.17WHUT Open 2018: 29.84Wuhan Open 2019: 23.53Wuhan Autumn 2019: 17.8617.8642.1725 Aug 201813 Oct 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.86 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.