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Liwei Zhang (张力炜)

3×3 · top 43.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017ZHAL04

Liwei Zhang (张力炜) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.07, set at Longyan Open 2018, puts him in the top 43.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,715th in China. Across 6 competitions since July 2017, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.46 in July 2017 to 21.07, a 20% improvement. Liwei has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 43.0% of 288,433 all-time
21.07
signature single · Longyan Open 2018
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×321.0725.72
top 43.0%14,715 / 28,499
2×26.669.91
top 57.6%9,839 / 15,939
Pyraminx15.9318.53
top 85.0%8,422 / 10,269
Skewb20.75—
early days — 1 solve4,488 / 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

Quanzhou Open 2017: 26.46Quanzhou Side Event 2017: 22.46Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 23.91Fujian Championship 2018: 24.59Longyan Open 2018: 21.07Quanzhou Open 2018: 23.7121.0726.462 Jul 201716 Sep 2018

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-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.