People · China
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽)
Megaminx · top 0.68% of 34,786 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016ZHAO28
Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 35.15, set at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in China. Until October 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2016, he has put 1,762 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.74 in June 2016 to 7.50, a 41% improvement. Junze has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 35.15 | 40.52 | top 0.68% | 14 / 1,678 | |
| 2×2 | 1.25 | 1.90 | top 1.2% | 136 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 27.87 | 32.15 | top 1.7% | 165 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 7.50 | 9.05 | top 2.0% | 705 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.62 | 16.54 | top 2.5% | 215 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 4.53 | top 3.7% | 441 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 55.98 | 1:02.89 | top 3.7% | 173 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 3.10 | 4.87 | top 5.5% | 303 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 10.73 | 14.30 | top 7.4% | 101 / 1,362 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.59 | 2:11.82 | top 13.0% | 278 / 1,349 | |
| Clock | 10.29 | 11.56 | top 26.6% | 609 / 1,843 |
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
- 22 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xinxiang Open 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Baoji Open 2019.
- 4 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dongguan Summer 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Summer 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Open 2018.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Luoyang Open 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xinxiang Open 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2018 · 2 Dec 2018
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- Luoyang Spring 2018 · 15 Apr 2018
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Jiaozuo Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xuchang Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Luoyang Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube of Odd Numbers 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 164 rounds, finished ahead 125 times · head to head
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.15 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.