People · China
Mo Zhou (周沫)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018ZHOU60
Mo Zhou (周沫) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Taiyuan Winter 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2018, he has put 367 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.74 in August 2018 to 7.86, a 33% improvement. Mo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.86 | 11.02 | top 2.5% | 922 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.15 | 17.21 | top 4.6% | 416 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 2.98 | 7.41 | top 4.9% | 266 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.46 | top 6.1% | 861 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 36.25 | 41.99 | top 7.9% | 821 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.01 | 1:21.04 | top 13.8% | 680 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 8.09 | top 18.3% | 2,104 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 3:48.37 | 3:59.46 | top 26.6% | 533 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.89 | 2:42.39 | top 30.1% | 640 / 1,349 | |
| Square-1 | 24.44 | 29.59 | top 37.9% | 640 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.27 | 2:00.10 | top 39.9% | 1,144 / 1,678 |
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
- 31 Jan 2021Three personal bests in one day at Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021.
- 15 Nov 2020Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Good Morning 2020.
- 22 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 7.86 at Taiyuan Winter 2019.
- 26 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Changsha Autumn 2019.
- 14 Apr 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Changsha Spring Open 2019.
- 5 Aug 2018First competition: Longyan Open 2018. A 11.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021 · 31 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2020 · 15 Nov 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hengyang Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2018 · 5 Aug 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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Xingyu Bai (白星宇) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.