People · China
Dasheng Zhao (赵达升)
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAO42
Dasheng Zhao (赵达升) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Chongqing Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,995th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2016, he has put 345 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.08 in August 2016 to 9.15, a 24% improvement. Dasheng has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.15 | 11.41 | top 5.2% | 1,995 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 8.91 | top 8.5% | 1,024 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 39.23 | 46.97 | top 11.2% | 1,193 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 4.78 | top 13.0% | 2,022 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.57 | 5.25 | top 15.0% | 921 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.69 | 23.55 | top 19.7% | 1,969 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.53 | 1:40.16 | top 21.2% | 1,015 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 27.65 | 44.18 | top 44.9% | 772 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:48.11 | — | top 49.0% | 683 / 1,183 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.44 | 3:27.00 | top 49.7% | 946 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 5:16.29 | 5:23.22 | early days — 3 solves | 953 / 1,261 | |
| Clock | 23.32 | 30.14 | top 73.2% | 1,558 / 1,843 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2019.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Four personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First competition: Xi'an Open 2016. A 13.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.