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Shilei Zhang (张士磊)

2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ZHAS03

Shilei Zhang (张士磊) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 813th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since June 2017, he has put 407 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.20 in June 2017 to 11.29, a 30% improvement. Shilei has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.15
signature single · Beijing Winter 2019
407
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.153.49
top 5.8%813 / 15,796
3×311.2913.00
top 11.4%4,483 / 28,153
Skewb5.959.11
top 25.4%1,567 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed22.3930.49
top 27.1%2,669 / 5,922
Pyraminx6.9310.56
top 27.3%3,052 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded3:27.26
early days — 1 solve835 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 1 solve837 / 1,058
Square-11:00.49
early days — 3 solves1,288 / 1,362
Clock33.70
early days — 1 solve1,739 / 1,843

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 2017: 16.20Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 11.54Beijing Open 2018: 14.49Tangshan Open 2018: 11.86Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 13.78Beijing Summer 2018: 11.84China Championship 2018: 11.71Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 11.29Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 13.43Beijing Winter 2018: 12.91Tangshan Open 2019: 12.09Beijing Summer 2019: 15.42Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 12.05Xinxiang Open 2019: 12.72Tianjin Autumn 2019: 12.68Beijing Winter 2019: 12.27Taiyuan Winter 2019: 13.26Beijing Spring AM 2021: 12.68Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 14.2811.2916.2024 Jun 201720 Jun 2021

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.