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Lirong Zhang (张鲤荣)

Skewb · top 22.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015ZHAN48

Lirong Zhang (张鲤荣) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.57, set at Shenzhen Open 2019, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,406th in China. Across 4 competitions since July 2015, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.67 in July 2015 to 4.07, a 58% improvement. Lirong has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 22.5% of 73,281 all-time
5.57
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2019
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb5.578.26
top 22.5%1,406 / 5,004
2×24.075.60
top 27.4%4,649 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.967.83
top 27.5%3,075 / 10,224
3×320.4522.15
top 41.2%14,046 / 28,153
Clock24.13
early days — 2 solves1,582 / 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

Shenzhen Open 2015: 9.67GDSY Open 2018: 4.79Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 4.074.079.6712 Jul 201524 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.