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Fazhen Wu (吴法臻)

Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013WUFA03

Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Jiaozuo Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 216th in China. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since November 2013, he has put 1,667 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in November 2013 to 8.16, a 37% improvement. Fazhen has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time
2.36
signature single · Jiaozuo Open 2017
1,667
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.363.80
top 1.9%216 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed11.4016.70
top 2.3%186 / 5,922
2×21.532.14
top 2.3%268 / 15,796
3×38.169.89
top 3.1%1,131 / 28,153
Skewb4.125.96
top 11.7%695 / 5,004
Megaminx1:05.841:08.95
top 13.2%374 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.33
top 14.8%148 / 1,058
4×445.9749.92
top 19.5%2,107 / 5,926
5×51:38.751:48.55
top 34.4%1,552 / 2,816
3×3 blindfolded2:07.492:15.93
top 36.0%522 / 1,183
Clock12.5314.43
top 37.5%897 / 1,843
Square-125.6334.35
top 40.5%689 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:12—
early days — 1 solve179 / 278
7×75:53.006:09.00
early days — 3 solves1,064 / 1,261
6×64:07.004:17.51
early days — 3 solves1,165 / 1,349

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

TUT 2013: 12.94Shandong Spring Open 2014: 11.30Tianjin University Open 2014: 11.46Suzhou Open 2014: 10.99AnHui University Open 2015: 10.64Qinhuangdao Open 2015: 9.23Hefei Open 2015: 10.35Wuxi Open 2015: 9.32Zibo Open 2015: 9.92Xi'an New Year 2016: 10.41Qingdao Open 2016: 9.48Nanjing Spring 2016: 9.06Tangshan Open 2016: 9.09Weihai Open 2016: 9.44Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 9.94Linyi Open 2016: 9.31Asian Championship 2016: 9.64Zibo Open 2016: 9.18Weifang Winter 2016: 8.58Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 8.57Weihai Open 2017: 9.15Hefei Open 2017: 10.04Jinan Open 2017: 9.92Jiaozuo Open 2017: 9.02Qingdao Open 2018: 9.75Beijing Open 2018: 9.48Weihai Open 2018: 9.69Xuzhou Open 2018: 9.95Xuzhou Winter 2018: 8.75Zibo Open 2018: 9.34Zhengzhou Open 2018: 9.56WHUT Open 2018: 9.30Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 8.16Taiyuan Winter 2018: 9.56Qingdao Spring 2019: 8.59Weihai Open 2019: 8.208.1612.9417 Nov 20136 Apr 2019

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.