People · United States
Kaiwei Zhang
3×3 · top 24.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAK07
Kaiwei Zhang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.04, set at Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,344th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since December 2018, he has put 83 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.23 in December 2018 to 15.04, a 40% improvement. Kaiwei has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.04 | 18.43 | top 24.6% | 13,344 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.05 | 6.54 | top 40.0% | 16,046 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.28 | — | top 75.1% | 13,696 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.53 | 14.88 | top 75.6% | 22,396 / 28,708 |
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 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.79 at Beckman Gets Big 2023.
- 22 Dec 2018First competition: CubeChella 2018. A 25.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beckman Gets Big 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubeChella 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.