People · China
Henan Zhang (张赫男)
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014ZHAN10
Henan Zhang (张赫男) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Xuzhou Winter 2018, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,549th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2014, he has put 296 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.35 in April 2014 to 10.54, a 21% improvement. Henan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 13.04 | top 9.1% | 3,549 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 6.46 | top 13.8% | 2,145 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.27 | 26.51 | top 15.8% | 1,557 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 48.04 | 55.62 | top 22.2% | 2,387 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.93 | 11.02 | top 44.2% | 4,711 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 10.42 | 14.44 | top 57.6% | 3,175 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 44.72 | 53.35 | top 70.8% | 1,160 / 1,362 |
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
- 15 Nov 2015Four personal bests in one day at Zibo Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
- 13 Apr 2014First competition: Shandong Spring Open 2014. A 14.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xuzhou Open PM 2021 · 16 May 2021
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Spring 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2015 · 15 Nov 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Shandong Spring Open 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 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.
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai Ma (马开) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ding Li (李丁) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.