People · China
Ranran Zhao (赵然冉)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ZHAO44
Ranran Zhao (赵然冉) has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts her in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,744th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2017, she has put 262 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.22 in August 2017 to 8.87, a 38% improvement. Ranran has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.87 | 13.18 | top 4.6% | 1,744 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 5.02 | top 7.3% | 1,043 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 4.58 | 5.99 | top 15.1% | 925 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 6.54 | top 15.7% | 1,839 / 10,224 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.87 at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Yangzhou Open 2017. A 14.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Cubing in the 6ix 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
- No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brady Metherall — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ryan Wu — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as she improves.