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Shenjie Zhu (朱申杰)

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014ZHUS01

Shenjie Zhu (朱申杰) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Zhenjiang Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 555th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,354 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.73 in July 2014 to 1.91, a 72% improvement. Shenjie has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.91
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2017
1,354
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.912.47
top 4.2%555 / 15,796
3×39.5711.10
top 6.3%2,437 / 28,153
Skewb3.965.95
top 10.6%633 / 5,004
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.00
top 12.2%122 / 1,058
3×3 one-handed17.1419.62
top 12.9%1,282 / 5,922
Clock7.589.44
top 13.2%283 / 1,843
Pyraminx5.798.39
top 18.4%2,122 / 10,224
4×445.2051.68
top 18.5%2,011 / 5,926
Square-117.1137.46
top 21.2%342 / 1,362
Megaminx1:57.862:15.78
top 44.5%1,225 / 1,678
5×51:57.722:04.60
top 47.9%2,034 / 2,816

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

Suzhou Open 2014: 6.73Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 5.91Cube Elite Union Cafe 2014: 4.97Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015: 5.14Nanjing Spring 2015: 4.41Hefei Open 2015: 3.05Wuxi Open 2015: 3.11Shanghai Summer Open 2015: 3.91Shanghai Spring 2016: 3.69Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 2.61Nanchang Open 2016: 2.84Hefei Open 2016: 2.82Jinhua Open 2016: 3.00Yangzhou Open 2016: 2.97Asian Championship 2016: 3.09Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 3.73Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 3.84Shanghai Spring 2017: 3.18Wenzhou Open 2017: 3.26Huaibei Open 2017: 2.61ZUST Open 2017: 2.31Changshu Open 2017: 2.48Coconut Island Open 2017: 2.66Hefei Open 2017: 2.47Nanjing Autumn 2017: 2.27Zhenjiang Open 2017: 1.91Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 2.50Shanghai Winter 2018: 2.43Hangzhou Spring 2018: 2.80Kunshan Open 2018: 2.27Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 2.97SJTU Open 2018: 2.55Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 2.46Zhangzhou Open 2018: 2.52Shenzhen Open 2018: 2.64Jiujiang Open 2018: 2.35Wuhan University Open 2018: 2.89Ningbo Open 2018: 2.67SJTU Winter Open 2018: 2.14Shenyang New Year 2019: 2.43Weihai Open 2019: 2.70Kunming Open 2019: 2.93Suzhou Open 2019: 2.321.916.7312 Jul 20144 Aug 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.