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Tianchen Zhu (朱天晨)

3×3 · top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017ZHUT02

Tianchen Zhu (朱天晨) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.99, set at Suzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 20.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,086th in China. Across 4 competitions since September 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Tianchen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.9% of 284,439 all-time
13.99
signature single · Suzhou Open 2017
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.9919.17
top 20.9%8,086 / 28,153
2×24.125.58
top 28.0%4,754 / 15,796
4×455.3359.69
top 31.1%3,149 / 5,926
Pyraminx12.9418.61
top 72.6%7,264 / 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

Suzhou Open 2017: 13.99Shenzhen Open 2018: 14.71China Championship 2018: 15.1013.9915.1016 Sep 20172 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 16 Sep 2017First competition: Suzhou Open 2017. A 13.99 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.