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Rui Zhang (张锐)

2×2 · top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015ZHAN01

Rui Zhang (张锐) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at Zhongshan Open 2017, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,606th in China. Across 6 competitions since January 2015, he has put 79 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Rui has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.66
signature single · Zhongshan Open 2017
79
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.666.70
top 10.5%1,606 / 15,796
3×312.5313.74
top 15.7%6,182 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.6324.70
top 25.0%2,456 / 5,922

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

Guangzhou New Year's Cube Day 2015: 13.59Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 12.63Cube of Prime Numbers 2015: 12.93Guangzhou SYSU Open 2015: 12.96China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.53Zhongshan Open 2017: 14.1812.5314.181 Jan 20154 Nov 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.