People · China
Tongke Zhou (周同科)
Skewb · top 10.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ZHOU06
Tongke Zhou (周同科) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.92, set at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 616th in China. Across 8 competitions since March 2017, he has put 221 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.91 in March 2017 to 15.08, a 42% improvement. Tongke has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.92 | 5.16 | top 10.3% | 616 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.06 | 8.08 | top 13.5% | 1,599 / 10,224 | |
| Square-1 | 18.34 | 24.45 | top 24.2% | 404 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 15.08 | 17.58 | top 24.7% | 9,318 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.98 | 25.54 | top 26.0% | 2,557 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 4.84 | top 27.0% | 4,579 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,019 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 15.49 | 17.41 | top 49.9% | 1,168 / 1,843 |
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
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 23 Dec 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.53 at Zibo Open 2017.
- 26 Mar 2017First competition: Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017. A 25.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bolton Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Spring 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Winter 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Zibo Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
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.
- Xingkai Yin (尹星凯) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yongbin Zhao (赵勇镔) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Rui Liu (刘锐) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.