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Ling Zhang (张玲)

Pyraminx · top 26.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015ZHAN46

Ling Zhang (张玲) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.85, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2019, puts her in the top 26.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,978th in China. Across 19 competitions since June 2015, she has put 150 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.75 in June 2015 to 19.24, a 31% improvement. Ling has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 26.6% of 129,321 all-time
6.85
signature single · Hangzhou Autumn 2019
150
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx6.8511.50
top 26.6%2,978 / 10,224
3×319.2425.33
top 37.8%13,189 / 28,153
2×26.2810.95
top 53.7%9,136 / 15,796

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

Nanchang Open 2015: 27.75Shanghai Spring 2016: 23.93Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 26.09Asian Championship 2016: 22.23Xi'an New Year 2017: 20.06Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 23.71Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 19.24ZUST Open 2017: 25.82Coconut Island Open 2017: 26.85HDU Open 2017: 26.49Hangzhou Spring 2018: 25.36Nanjing Spring 2018: 26.42Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 20.69Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 21.45Shaoxing Open 2019: 25.57Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 21.92Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 19.6419.2427.7514 Jun 201515 Oct 2023

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.24 away.

Targets move as she improves.