People · China
Ding Zhang (张鼎)
Square-1 · top 10.6% of 25,662 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ZHAN33
Ding Zhang (张鼎) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 12.34, set at Wuhan Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 164th in China. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 94 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in March 2019 to 11.63, an 11% improvement. Ding has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 12.34 | 16.54 | top 10.6% | 164 / 1,373 | |
| 3×3 | 11.63 | 14.97 | top 12.7% | 5,093 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.01 | top 29.8% | 5,146 / 15,939 |
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
- 13 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuhan Autumn 2019.
- 24 Mar 2019First competition: Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019. A 13.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2019 · 2 May 2019
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shibao Li (李世宝) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Minjie Huang (黄敏杰) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.