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He Zheng (郑赫)

3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018ZHEN32

He Zheng (郑赫) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at Nanjing Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,633rd in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2018, he has put 184 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.67 in July 2018 to 9.74, a 45% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.74
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2018
184
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.7411.05
top 6.7%2,633 / 28,153
2×23.184.75
top 16.4%2,628 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed19.3225.55
top 18.7%1,867 / 5,922
4×451.0357.90
top 26.0%2,753 / 5,926
Pyraminx9.9515.43
top 52.6%5,506 / 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

Hefei Summer 2018: 17.67China Championship 2018: 12.58Nanjing Autumn 2018: 9.74Wuhu Open 2018: 11.80SJTU Winter Open 2018: 11.28Xiamen Open 2019: 10.26AHAU Open 2019: 10.08Hefei Summer 2019: 10.54China Championship 2019: 9.96Wuxi Winter 2019: 9.869.7417.6714 Jul 20188 Dec 2019

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 1.74 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.