People · United Kingdom
Shu Zhang
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZHAN37
Shu Zhang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Hampshire Winter 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 636th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2022, he has put 148 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.02 in August 2022 to 10.46, a 25% improvement. Shu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 11.73 | top 8.8% | 636 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 3.77 | top 11.5% | 723 / 4,895 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire December 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: Lincoln Summer 2022. A 15.47 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Lincoln Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Alonso — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oliver Wheat — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.