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Ruichao Zhou (周睿超)

3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ZHOU22

Ruichao Zhou (周睿超) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.60, set at Chengdu Open 2019, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,943rd in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.94 in April 2018 to 23.60, a 36% improvement. Ruichao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time
23.60
signature single · Chengdu Open 2019
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×323.6028.57
top 49.4%15,943 / 28,153
2×27.2311.63
top 62.3%10,425 / 15,796
Skewb18.1935.34
top 86.5%4,304 / 5,004
Pyraminx16.9620.00
top 87.6%8,640 / 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

Chengdu Open 2018: 36.94Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 24.33Chengdu Open 2019: 23.60Chengdu Winter 2019: 30.1923.6036.9429 Apr 20189 Nov 2019

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.60 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.