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Shaobo Zhang (张邵博)

3×3 · top 84.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ZHAN29

Shaobo Zhang (张邵博) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 48.53, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019, puts him in the top 84.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,181st in China. Across 2 competitions since March 2019, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:40.36 in March 2019 to 48.53, a 52% improvement. Shaobo has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 84.9% of 284,439 all-time
48.53
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×348.5358.51
top 84.9%24,181 / 28,153
2×215.2117.18
top 90.8%14,419 / 15,796
Pyraminx21.94
early days — 3 solves9,500 / 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

Xianyang Open 2019: 1:40.36Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 48.5348.531:40.363 Mar 201913 Apr 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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 8.53 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.