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Derek Zhao

2×2 · top 40.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021ZHAO18

Derek Zhao has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.10, set at Rocky Top 2021, puts him in the top 40.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,022nd in China. Across 1 competition since December 2021, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.

2×2
best event — top 40.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.10
signature single · Rocky Top 2021
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.106.62
top 40.6%7,022 / 15,796
3×320.8826.22
top 42.4%14,330 / 28,153
4×41:39.282:03.24
top 70.1%5,387 / 5,926

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 story so far

  • 4 Dec 2021First competition: Rocky Top 2021. A 20.88 3×3 single to start from.

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.