People · Canada
Fred Weiying Zhang
3×3 one-handed · top 3.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024ZHAN65
Fred Weiying Zhang has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.08, set at New Jersey Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Canada. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2024, he has put 105 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. Fred 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 one-handed | 12.08 | 17.43 | top 3.1% | 71 / 2,620 | |
| 3×3 | 9.67 | 11.03 | top 6.6% | 624 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 34.98 | 39.17 | top 6.7% | 151 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.81 | 1:16.84 | top 10.1% | 119 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.93 | 2:37.54 | top 24.0% | 120 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 3:41.93 | 4:14.73 | top 24.2% | 99 / 503 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 25 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at New Jersey Championship 2024.
- 4 May 2024First competition: Cubing at Carson 2024. A 11.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- East Berlin Favorites PA 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Stone Payne — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Miles Greco — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Brayden Adams — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.