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Jialiang Zhao (赵嘉亮)

2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ZHAO24

Jialiang Zhao (赵嘉亮) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 439th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2015, he has put 66 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.93 in November 2015 to 12.37, a 27% improvement. Jialiang has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.76
signature single · Xi'an Open 2016
66
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.765.31
top 3.4%439 / 15,796
3×312.3714.21
top 15.2%5,970 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed20.6524.25
top 22.3%2,222 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded3:58.45
early days — 1 solve929 / 1,183

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

Xi'an Open 2015: 16.93Xi'an New Year 2016: 15.36Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 16.39Xi'an Summer 2016: 13.55Xi'an Open 2016: 12.3712.3716.9329 Nov 201513 Aug 2016

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.