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Franklin Zhang

2×2 · top 38.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ZHAF04

Franklin Zhang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.94, set at Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017, puts him in the top 38.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,463rd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across four 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 27.10 in September 2017 to 21.10, a 22% improvement. Franklin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 38.6% of 186,767 all-time
4.94
signature single · Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.949.68
top 38.6%15,463 / 40,951
3×321.1024.43
top 43.0%24,629 / 59,724
Skewb10.0115.82
top 55.0%9,988 / 18,907
Pyraminx14.6719.37
top 80.6%23,867 / 28,708

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

Puget Sound Fall 2017: 27.10SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 30.52Atomic Cubing Fall 2017: 22.51Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 26.79Skyline Open 2018: 21.1021.1030.5223 Sep 201727 Jan 2018

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.