People · China
Guangtao Zhang (张广韬)
2×2 · top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ZHAG01
Guangtao Zhang (张广韬) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at Shenyang Spring 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 974th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2017, he has put 330 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in August 2017 to 10.26, a 29% improvement. Guangtao has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.49 | top 6.9% | 974 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 11.93 | top 8.2% | 3,217 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 7.42 | top 10.3% | 1,222 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 43.08 | 47.28 | top 15.9% | 1,719 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 4.76 | 6.12 | top 16.4% | 1,011 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.90 | 1:32.50 | top 20.4% | 615 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.34 | 25.13 | top 27.0% | 2,655 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.05 | 1:38.87 | top 32.3% | 1,462 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 14.33 | 18.24 | top 45.2% | 1,066 / 1,843 | |
| 7×7 | 4:53.52 | 5:16.94 | early days — 3 solves | 866 / 1,261 |
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
- 27 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shenyang New Year 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 18 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Changchun Open 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017First competition: Inner Mongolia Summer 2017. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dalian Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Changchun Open 2018 · 18 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dalian Open 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shuo Zhao (赵硕) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Yezhen Han (韩业臻) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.