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Colin Zhou

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ZHOU16

Colin Zhou has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.92, set at Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,606th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since November 2014, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.96 in November 2014 to 12.92, a 41% improvement. Colin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.92
signature single · Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×312.9216.19
top 17.1%1,606 / 10,392
2×25.037.79
top 39.7%2,758 / 7,173
4×41:27.791:50.52
top 62.0%1,757 / 3,118
Pyraminx20.7925.88
top 93.8%4,641 / 4,858

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

Berkeley Fall 2014: 21.96BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 18.74SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 20.21BASC 7 2015: 16.43Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 12.92Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 13.31West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 14.8512.9221.9623 Nov 201415 Jul 2018

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 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.