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Shizhao Zhao (赵世钊)

3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHAO53

Shizhao Zhao (赵世钊) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,932nd in China. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.64 in October 2017 to 11.59, a 51% improvement. Shizhao has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.59
signature single · Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019
135
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.5913.81
top 12.5%4,932 / 28,153
4×445.5857.02
top 19.0%2,070 / 5,926
2×23.425.47
top 19.2%3,146 / 15,796
Skewb6.8310.14
top 32.3%1,975 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed29.5730.79
top 45.7%4,062 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.6411.64
top 50.2%5,276 / 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

Hefei Open 2017: 23.64You May Open 2018: 17.70Hefei Summer 2018: 17.10AHAU Open 2019: 13.21China Championship 2019: 12.92Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.5911.5923.645 Oct 201724 Aug 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.