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Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟)

Square-1 · top 10.1% of 25,662 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007ZHUJ01

Jianwei Zhu (朱剑伟) has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Beijing Summer Open 2009, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in China. Across 5 competitions since October 2007, he has put 43 official solves on the record across two events. His Square-1 best has come down from 36.36 in October 2007 to 12.05, a 67% improvement. Jianwei has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 10.1% of 25,662 all-time
12.05
signature single · Beijing Summer Open 2009
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Square-112.0514.61
top 10.1%157 / 1,373
3×319.5923.71
top 38.9%13,696 / 28,499

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

Guangdong Open 2007: 36.36Guangdong Open 2008: 20.81Beijing Summer Open 2009: 12.05Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 13.40Guangdong Open 2009: 13.1312.0536.361 Oct 20071 Oct 2009

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.