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Sam Zhang

3×3 · top 41.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020ZHAN08

Sam Zhang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.48, set at UBC Open 2020, puts him in the top 41.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,065th in China. Across 2 competitions since January 2020, he has put 21 official solves on the record across three events. Sam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 41.3% of 284,439 all-time
20.48
signature single · UBC Open 2020
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.4824.09
top 41.3%14,065 / 28,153
2×26.2711.01
top 53.6%9,113 / 15,796
4×41:32.76
early days — 2 solves5,238 / 5,926

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

UBC Open 2020: 20.48Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020: 21.7720.4821.774 Jan 20208 Feb 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 4 Jan 2020First competition: UBC Open 2020. A 20.48 3×3 single to start from.

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 0.48 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.