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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.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.54
signature single · Xuzhou Winter 2018
296
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.5413.04
top 9.1%3,549 / 28,153
2×22.966.46
top 13.8%2,145 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed18.2726.51
top 15.8%1,557 / 5,922
4×448.0455.62
top 22.2%2,387 / 5,926
Pyraminx8.9311.02
top 44.2%4,711 / 10,224
Skewb10.4214.44
top 57.6%3,175 / 5,004
Square-144.7253.35
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

Shandong Spring Open 2014: 13.35Beijing Open 2015: 12.42Zibo Open 2015: 11.51Xi'an New Year 2017: 14.04Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 13.69Xuzhou Winter 2018: 10.54Zhengzhou Open 2018: 11.84Qingdao Spring 2019: 12.42Xuzhou Spring 2019: 11.43Heze Open 2019: 12.45Xuzhou Winter 2019: 11.52Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 12.3310.5414.0413 Apr 201416 May 2021

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 0.54 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.