People · Australia
James Zhen
2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZHEN09
James Zhen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 503rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2022, he has put 65 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. James has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 4.51 | top 6.6% | 503 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 8.94 | top 15.5% | 754 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 13.30 | 14.19 | top 18.5% | 1,656 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 8.43 | 10.51 | top 44.5% | 1,384 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 853 / 1,277 |
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
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022. A 16.52 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022.
Competitions
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Oliver Drew — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lochitha Subasinghe — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Wakelin — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.