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Cong Zhou (周聪)

3×3 · top 26.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHOU56

Cong Zhou (周聪) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.50, set at Yunnan Open 2019, puts him in the top 26.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,777th in China. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, he has put 41 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.37 in October 2017 to 15.50, a 34% improvement. Cong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.50
signature single · Yunnan Open 2019
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×315.5021.05
top 26.1%9,777 / 28,153
2×25.9810.78
top 50.7%8,655 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.0113.51
top 53.1%5,545 / 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

Yunnan Open 2017: 23.37Yunnan Open 2018: 25.84Kunming Open 2019: 18.33Yunnan Open 2019: 15.5015.5025.847 Oct 20176 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 0.50 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.