People · Canada
Raymond Zou
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015ZOUR01
Raymond Zou has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.27, set at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 532nd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2015, he has put 194 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.50 in May 2015 to 9.27, a 40% improvement. Raymond has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.27 | 10.74 | top 5.5% | 532 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 4.08 | top 9.8% | 639 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 47.47 | 54.57 | top 21.4% | 542 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:53.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 105 / 351 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.15 | 37.72 | top 31.9% | 709 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.19 | 2:04.29 | top 43.4% | 549 / 1,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.73 | 21.81 | top 65.5% | 3,226 / 4,858 | |
| 7×7 | 8:14.57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 437 / 503 |
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
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018.
- 15 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.43 at Vancouver Open Summer 2015.
- 2 May 2015First competition: Vancouver Open Spring 2015. A 15.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UBC Side Events 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015
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.
- Noah Stelting — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chin Lam — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.