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Shengli Zhao (赵胜利)

3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHAO58

Shengli Zhao (赵胜利) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.09, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,202nd in China. Across 9 competitions since November 2016, he has put 149 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in November 2016 to 11.09, a 24% improvement. Shengli has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.09
signature single · Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018
149
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.0913.71
top 10.8%4,202 / 28,153
2×23.445.98
top 19.4%3,193 / 15,796
4×41:02.69
top 39.3%3,819 / 5,926
Pyraminx8.6710.35
top 42.0%4,501 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed29.9644.96
top 46.6%4,112 / 5,922
3×3 blindfolded3:01.69
early days — 1 solve734 / 1,183

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

Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 14.68ZUA Open 2017: 12.07Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 13.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 11.09Linfen Open 2018: 12.82China Championship 2018: 14.88Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019: 12.95Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.98Xi'an New Year 2025: 12.1911.0914.8820 Nov 20164 Jan 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.