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Dingxue Zhang (张定学)

3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ZHAN08

Dingxue Zhang (张定学) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.18, set at WHUT Open 2018, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,488th in China. Across 5 competitions since March 2017, he has put 49 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 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.38 in March 2017 to 17.18, a 39% improvement. Dingxue has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time
17.18
signature single · WHUT Open 2018
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.1821.60
top 31.6%11,488 / 28,153
2×25.3110.43
top 43.1%7,429 / 15,796
Pyraminx12.0512.46
top 67.5%6,818 / 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

Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 28.38WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 23.31HUST Open 2018: 21.53WHUT Open 2018: 17.1817.1828.3819 Mar 20179 Dec 2018

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 2.18 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.