People · China
Kaiyuan Zhang (张开元)
3×3 · top 8.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018ZHAK02
Kaiyuan Zhang (张开元) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.27, set at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,308th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2018, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Kaiyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.27 | 12.07 | top 8.3% | 3,308 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.11 | 27.04 | top 10.5% | 1,050 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.48 | top 12.4% | 1,966 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 7.22 | top 22.7% | 2,628 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 48.98 | 59.23 | top 23.5% | 2,548 / 5,999 | |
| Square-1 | 19.85 | 31.16 | top 27.8% | 478 / 1,373 | |
| Skewb | 6.98 | 12.23 | top 33.6% | 2,069 / 5,030 |
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
- 19 May 2018First competition: Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018. A 10.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SJTU Winter Open 2018 · 30 Dec 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 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.
- Haoyang Yan (晏浩洋) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yilin Song (宋翊麟) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.