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Pengyu Zhang (张澎宇)

3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZHAN40

Pengyu Zhang (张澎宇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.01, set at Zhengzhou Open 2024, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,111th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2015, he has put 73 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.21 in May 2015 to 11.01, a 73% improvement. Pengyu has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.01
signature single · Zhengzhou Open 2024
73
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.0112.78
top 10.5%4,111 / 28,153
5×51:27.76
early days — 2 solves1,186 / 2,816
4×41:02.21
early days — 1 solve3,782 / 5,926
2×25.228.79
top 42.1%7,266 / 15,796
Skewb10.3812.72
top 57.3%3,165 / 5,004
Pyraminx10.7713.46
top 58.8%6,074 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded7:06.47
early days — 1 solve1,157 / 1,183

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

Zhengzhou Open 2015: 40.21Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 25.60ZUA Open 2017: 22.26Jiaozuo Open 2017: 22.48Zhengzhou Open 2024: 11.0111.0140.2131 May 20158 Dec 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 27.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.