People · Canada
Fangwen Zhou
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ZHOU66
Fangwen Zhou has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Oakville Fall A 2022, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 563rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 113 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.95 in November 2017 to 9.42, a 27% improvement. Fangwen 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 12.24 | top 5.9% | 563 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 45.98 | 52.01 | top 19.5% | 497 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 4.94 | top 22.2% | 1,486 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.18 | 24.46 | top 26.6% | 575 / 2,620 |
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
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Oakville Fall A 2022.
- 11 Nov 2017First competition: Oakville Limited Fall 2017. A 12.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Favourites B 2023 · 19 Feb 2023
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 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.
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Roan Paone — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.