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Tom Zheng
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016ZHEN04
Tom Zheng has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 35.13, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 45 - Berkeley Time 2023, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in the United States. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2016, he has put 38 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.59 in February 2016 to 11.39, a 22% improvement. Tom has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 35.13 | — | top 5.5% | 106 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 | 11.39 | 13.08 | top 11.8% | 6,324 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 11,274 / 19,072 |
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
- 20 Feb 2016First competition: Berkeley Winter 2016. A 14.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 45 - Berkeley Time 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
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.
- Nolan Yiu — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Anto Kam (甘浩東) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 5.13 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.