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Haowei Zhang (张昊威)

3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009ZHAN62

Haowei Zhang (张昊威) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Nanjing Normal University 2013, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,563rd in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2009, he has put 455 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.34 in December 2009 to 9.69, a 41% improvement. Haowei has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.69
signature single · Nanjing Normal University 2013
455
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6912.12
top 6.6%2,563 / 28,153
2×22.554.02
top 9.4%1,403 / 15,796
4×440.6446.08
top 12.9%1,386 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves
early days — 1 solve183 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed20.1523.57
top 20.9%2,079 / 5,922
Megaminx1:20.041:36.48
top 21.8%656 / 1,678
5×51:29.281:35.16
top 26.7%1,237 / 2,816
Pyraminx7.129.82
top 28.8%3,203 / 10,224
6×62:41.112:56.22
top 31.3%668 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded1:58.97
top 33.2%472 / 1,183
Square-124.4428.61
top 37.9%640 / 1,362
7×74:37.524:45.21
top 43.6%807 / 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

Nanjing Open 2009: 16.34Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010: 14.47Shanghai Open 2010: 11.59Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 11.80Nanjing Spring 2011: 11.56Nanjing Spring 2012: 11.04Nanjing Autumn 2012: 12.30Nanjing Winter 2012: 11.16Nanjing Normal University 2013: 9.69NUAA Open 2013: 12.14Nanjing Spring 2014: 11.489.6916.346 Dec 20097 Apr 2014

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.