People · China
Nan Zhang (张楠)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2021 · 2021ZHAN13
Nan Zhang (张楠) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,436th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2021, he has put 55 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Nan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 10.15 | top 3.8% | 1,436 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.19 | 20.23 | top 10.7% | 1,042 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 40.39 | 48.96 | top 12.6% | 1,353 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.58 | 1:22.33 | top 14.2% | 695 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 3:45.17 | 3:58.01 | early days — 3 solves | 510 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.99 | 2:43.80 | early days — 3 solves | 651 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 5.12 | 5.52 | top 40.8% | 7,070 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Feb 2021First competition: Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021. A 8.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Panyu Afternoon 2021 · 28 Feb 2021
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.
- Xujia Lei (雷旭嘉) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shijie Peng (彭世杰) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.