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Nianfeng Zhang (张念峰)

3×3 · top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010ZHAN41

Nianfeng Zhang (张念峰) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.71, set at Weifang Open 2013, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,797th in China. Across 4 competitions since September 2010, he has put 29 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.61 in September 2010 to 18.71, a 13% improvement. Nianfeng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.71
signature single · Weifang Open 2013
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.7121.17
top 36.3%12,797 / 28,153

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

Shandong 2010: 21.61Qingdao Open 2012: 19.72Weifang Open 2013: 18.71Weifang Winter 2016: 19.5118.7121.6112 Sep 201011 Dec 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.