People · China
Guoao Zang (臧国奥)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ZANG01
Guoao Zang (臧国奥) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,350th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2019, he has put 90 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.75 in April 2019 to 8.43, a 34% improvement. Guoao 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 10.07 | top 3.6% | 1,350 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 42.60 | 48.35 | top 15.2% | 1,649 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.84 | top 23.9% | 3,986 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,984 / 2,816 |
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
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.43 at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024.
- 20 Apr 2019First competition: Kunshan Open 2019. A 12.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Huzhou Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.