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David Zhao

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012ZHAO08

David Zhao has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.00, set at Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,076th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2012, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. David has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.00
signature single · Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0023.41
top 31.0%17,076 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed37.4444.63
top 61.5%8,670 / 15,683
2×210.0316.38
top 78.0%32,312 / 40,951

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

Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012: 17.00River Hill Winter 2013: 21.47River Hill Winter 2014: 21.4417.0021.478 Dec 20128 Feb 2014

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 2.00 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 7.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.