People · China
Tianyi Zhang (张天一)
Pyraminx · top 8.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ZHAN58
Tianyi Zhang (张天一) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.25, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,068th in China. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.48 in April 2019 to 4.25, a 50% improvement. Tianyi has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.25 | 8.83 | top 8.9% | 1,068 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 16.54 | 19.08 | top 29.5% | 10,869 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.69 | 7.23 | top 47.5% | 8,148 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,239 / 5,922 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: Yancheng Spring 2019. A 16.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Jianfei Shan (单剑飞) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wei Dong (董唯) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.