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Edward Zhang

3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ZHAN07

Edward Zhang has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.24, set at TJHSST Spring 2023, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,873rd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2016, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.54 in January 2016 to 12.24, a 66% improvement. Edward has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.24
signature single · TJHSST Spring 2023
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2413.35
top 14.7%7,873 / 59,724
2×23.205.28
top 16.6%6,516 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed27.6532.55
top 41.0%5,496 / 15,683
Pyraminx10.2614.15
top 55.0%16,089 / 28,708
Skewb32.52
early days — 2 solves18,664 / 18,907

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

Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 35.54Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 20.27TJHSST Fall 2016: 16.42Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 16.86NovaCube 2017: 18.79Maryland 2017: 16.07TJHSST Fall 2017: 16.62TJHSST Spring 2023: 12.2412.2435.5430 Jan 20166 May 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.