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Jinlai Zhao (赵锦来)

3×3 · top 35.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHAO09

Jinlai Zhao (赵锦来) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.33, set at Weihai Open 2019, puts him in the top 35.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,501st in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2017, he has put 64 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.36 in April 2017 to 18.33, a 35% improvement. Jinlai has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.1% of 284,439 all-time
18.33
signature single · Weihai Open 2019
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.3325.14
top 35.1%12,501 / 28,153
Skewb8.3714.91
top 44.1%2,585 / 5,004
Pyraminx9.2010.72
top 46.6%4,935 / 10,224
2×25.968.05
top 50.5%8,627 / 15,796
Clock18.9021.50
top 61.5%1,388 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves53.67
early days — 3 solves892 / 1,058
3×3 blindfolded6:55.87
early days — 1 solve1,151 / 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

Weihai Open 2017: 28.36Weihai Open 2018: 25.94Weihai Open 2019: 18.3318.3328.3630 Apr 20176 Apr 2019

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.33 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.