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Haowen Zheng (郑浩文)

3×3 · top 58.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ZHEN13

Haowen Zheng (郑浩文) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.82, set at Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016, puts him in the top 58.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,026th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.28 in October 2015 to 27.82, a 27% improvement. Haowen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.5% of 284,439 all-time
27.82
signature single · Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×327.8230.78
top 58.5%18,026 / 28,153
2×29.1410.98
top 74.2%12,087 / 15,796
Pyraminx16.6720.85
top 86.9%8,571 / 10,224

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

China Championship 2015: 38.28Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 27.82Huizhou Open 2016: 30.7727.8238.282 Oct 20153 Apr 2016

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.