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Ephraim Enoch Zhao (趙以諾)

3×3 · top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022ZHAO12

Ephraim Enoch Zhao (趙以諾) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.48, set at Queensland Open 2023, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,056th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 91 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in December 2022 to 14.48, a 42% improvement. Ephraim has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.6% of 284,439 all-time
14.48
signature single · Queensland Open 2023
91
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×314.4818.09
top 22.6%2,056 / 11,709
2×24.364.83
top 31.1%2,429 / 8,567
Pyraminx9.7514.38
top 51.1%2,910 / 5,993
4×41:35.09
top 67.3%1,946 / 3,051
5×52:53.37
early days — 1 solve1,080 / 1,356
Skewb14.5117.73
top 76.6%2,639 / 3,534

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

Taiwan Championship 2022: 25.08Brisbane Summer 2023: 20.06Queensland Open 2023: 14.48Australian Nationals 2023: 19.30QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 18.0814.4825.0816 Dec 202226 Nov 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.

  • Connor Sharpe — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Lucas Otsu — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Laura Ting — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.