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Jianshun Zhang (张建舜)

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009ZHAN34

Jianshun Zhang (张建舜) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Chengdu Winter 2019, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,326th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2009, he has put 361 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in June 2009 to 9.47, a 49% improvement. Jianshun has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.47
signature single · Chengdu Winter 2019
361
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.4713.62
top 6.0%2,326 / 28,153
Pyraminx3.759.44
top 6.5%767 / 10,224
2×23.034.48
top 14.6%2,296 / 15,796
4×445.6456.05
top 19.1%2,078 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed26.1731.75
top 37.3%3,487 / 5,922
Skewb7.9112.93
top 40.6%2,402 / 5,004
5×51:49.591:58.14
top 42.3%1,870 / 2,816
Square-129.58
top 48.6%834 / 1,362
Megaminx2:16.952:26.91
top 54.8%1,383 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 1 solve837 / 1,058

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 2009: 18.58Chongqing Open 2013: 15.46Ningxia Open 2018: 13.44Lanzhou Autumn 2018: 12.97Xi'an Open 2018: 12.22Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 13.97Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 13.14Baoji Open 2019: 14.41Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 13.99Chengdu Winter 2019: 9.47Xi'an New Year 2020: 12.779.4718.5828 Jun 20091 Jan 2020

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 1.47 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.