People · United States
Ernest Zhang
3×3 · top 22.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ZHAN04
Ernest Zhang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.29, set at Connect Community 2018, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,112th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2017, he has put 107 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 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.86 in January 2017 to 14.29, a 54% improvement. Ernest has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.29 | 19.60 | top 22.1% | 12,112 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.50 | 8.79 | top 23.9% | 6,585 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.01 | 10.48 | top 33.8% | 5,761 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 4.73 | 5.69 | top 36.0% | 14,586 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.40 | — | top 64.0% | 11,361 / 19,354 |
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
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Connect Community 2018.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.14 at Maybe Melrose Spring 2017.
- 26 Feb 2017First sub-30 3×3: 21.63 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2017.
- 26 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at WPI Winter Cube Day 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017First competition: Monument Mountain Winter 2017. A 30.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Blue Cubed 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Spring 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
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.
- Spencer Andersen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Will Russo — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.