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Lianhua Zhou (周连华)

3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013ZHOU11

Lianhua Zhou (周连华) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.27, set at Keep Portland Weird 2017, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,839th in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2013, he has put 58 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.50 in July 2013 to 12.27, a 34% improvement. Lianhua has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.27
signature single · Keep Portland Weird 2017
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.2715.25
top 14.8%5,839 / 28,153
2×25.187.36
top 41.6%7,183 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed30.2935.17
top 47.3%4,159 / 5,922

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

Nanning Open 2013: 18.50Keep Portland Weird 2017: 12.27Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 14.68Rose City 2017: 15.12Keep Portland Weird 2019: 14.3512.2718.5014 Jul 201314 Dec 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.