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Haowen Zheng (郑皓文)

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017ZHEN28

Haowen Zheng (郑皓文) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at Longyan Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,855th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.13 in July 2017 to 10.80, an 18% improvement. Haowen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.80
signature single · Longyan Open 2018
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.8013.30
top 9.9%3,855 / 28,153
Skewb4.167.44
top 12.0%714 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed18.2324.12
top 15.7%1,541 / 5,922
4×444.1552.99
top 17.2%1,861 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:23.84
early days — 2 solves287 / 1,183
2×24.616.72
top 34.4%5,891 / 15,796

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

Longyan Summer Open 2017: 13.13Longyan Open 2018: 10.8010.8013.139 Jul 20175 Aug 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.