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Shangwu Zhang (张尚武)

3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015ZHAN73

Shangwu Zhang (张尚武) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.72, set at Beijing Open 2017, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,447th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2015, he has put 69 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in October 2015 to 12.72, a 14% improvement. Shangwu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.72
signature single · Beijing Open 2017
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.7213.74
top 16.5%6,447 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed20.8929.19
top 22.9%2,281 / 5,922
2×24.296.64
top 30.2%5,183 / 15,796
4×41:25.87
early days — 3 solves5,052 / 5,926
Pyraminx14.2917.16
top 79.1%7,825 / 10,224
Skewb26.40
early days — 2 solves4,751 / 5,004

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

Beijing Open 2015: 14.77Beijing Open 2017: 12.72Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.0112.7214.7724 Oct 201517 Sep 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.