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Gavin Zhang

2×2 · top 14.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016ZHAN09

Gavin Zhang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.03, set at Rose City 2016, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,719th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2016, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Gavin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.03
signature single · Rose City 2016
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.034.84
top 14.6%5,719 / 40,951
3×317.2920.34
top 31.9%17,653 / 59,724
Pyraminx11.5014.77
top 64.0%18,881 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed43.7054.24
top 70.1%10,073 / 15,683

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

PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 17.87Puget Sound Spring 2016: 19.84Rose City 2016: 17.2917.2919.845 Mar 201621 May 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.