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Frank Zhou
3×3 · top 0.94% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ZHOU01
Frank Zhou has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.60, set at Penn Cube Day Spring 2023, puts him in the top 0.94% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 590th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since January 2016, he has put 399 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.99 in January 2016 to 6.60, a 53% improvement. Frank has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.60 | 7.86 | top 0.94% | 590 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 48.86 | 54.18 | top 1.5% | 125 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 1:56.95 | 2:09.81 | early days — 3 solves | 348 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 12.01 | 16.61 | top 9.9% | 697 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 40.54 | 42.13 | top 12.7% | 1,875 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.26 | 23.72 | top 15.8% | 2,032 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:57.33 | 4:03.60 | top 29.6% | 830 / 3,184 |
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
- 11 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at New York City Winter 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at Clifton Winter 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016Four personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 21 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Big Apple Spring 2016.
- 2 Jan 2016First competition: Shenzhen New Year 2016. A 13.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Long Island Side Events 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SBU Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SBU Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Clifton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhasset Spring 2016 · 16 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen New Year 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Dana Yi — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Patrick Ponce — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 8.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.