People · China
Haobo Zhang (张浩博)
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015ZHAN57
Haobo Zhang (张浩博) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 611th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2015, he has put 317 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.56 in August 2015 to 2.77, a 39% improvement. Haobo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.71 | top 5.0% | 611 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 | 10.59 | 13.00 | top 9.3% | 3,689 / 28,499 | |
| Skewb | 3.91 | 5.74 | top 10.3% | 622 / 5,030 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.23 | top 11.7% | 1,836 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.22 | 19.95 | top 15.7% | 1,567 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 47.34 | 53.91 | top 21.3% | 2,340 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 20.80 | 25.10 | top 29.8% | 515 / 1,373 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.98 | 1:39.00 | top 30.8% | 933 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.27 | 1:44.76 | top 34.8% | 1,602 / 2,857 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 946 / 1,274 | |
| 6×6 | 3:57.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,147 / 1,363 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jul 2017Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 7 Aug 2016Four personal bests in one day at Linyi Open 2016.
- 15 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2015.
- 8 Aug 2015First competition: Wuxi Open 2015. A 14.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2016 · 20 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.