People · China
Haojiang Zou (邹昊江)
Megaminx · top 3.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ZOUH01
Haojiang Zou (邹昊江) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 45.76, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in China. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 266 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.32 in October 2015 to 8.41, a 26% improvement. Haojiang 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 45.76 | 52.95 | top 3.3% | 71 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 8.41 | 11.51 | top 3.6% | 1,333 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.59 | 18.15 | top 9.3% | 895 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.76 | 1:27.55 | top 18.1% | 874 / 2,816 | |
| Square-1 | 17.09 | 25.09 | top 21.2% | 339 / 1,362 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.40 | top 22.4% | 3,693 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,027 / 5,926 | |
| 7×7 | 4:36.24 | 4:39.76 | top 43.2% | 800 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 3:10.21 | 3:26.08 | top 45.8% | 892 / 1,349 |
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 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Beijing Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 11.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yunke Zhang (张云柯) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yuhao Sun (孙雨昊) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 5.76 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.