People · China
Jingyang Zhang (张敬阳)
4×4 · top 1.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAJ22
Jingyang Zhang (张敬阳) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.33, set at Zhengzhou Summer 2021, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2018, he has put 149 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.84 in December 2018 to 7.92, a 33% improvement. Jingyang has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 27.33 | 32.17 | top 1.5% | 147 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.92 | 8.71 | top 2.6% | 954 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 3.21 | 4.31 | top 6.1% | 344 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 2.98 | top 6.1% | 861 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.44 | 1:15.80 | top 9.9% | 484 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.20 | 7.51 | top 21.5% | 2,456 / 10,224 |
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
- 10 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Luoyang Spring 2024.
- 23 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Summer 2021.
- 22 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Xinxiang Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2018. A 13.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhengzhou Open 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Summer 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xinxiang Open 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best 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.
- Canzheng Cao (曹参政) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.