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Shirley Zhang

3×3 · top 47.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ZHAN42

Shirley Zhang has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.93, set at Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023, puts her in the top 47.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,573rd in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2023, she has put 44 official solves on the record across five events. Shirley has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.93
signature single · Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×322.9328.49
top 47.8%15,573 / 28,153
Skewb10.5314.34
top 58.2%3,213 / 5,004
2×26.949.27
top 59.9%10,085 / 15,796
Pyraminx12.3115.36
top 69.1%6,953 / 10,224
4×41:58.25
early days — 2 solves5,663 / 5,926

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

Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 25.05Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 22.93Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 23.5822.9325.0516 Jul 202310 Sep 2023

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
  • A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as she improves.