People · China
Wei Zhang (张威)
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ZHAN74
Wei Zhang (张威) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Guilin Open 2021, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,690th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2019, he has put 104 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.75 in April 2019 to 8.81, a 25% improvement. Wei 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 | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.81 | 10.97 | top 4.4% | 1,690 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.61 | 22.23 | top 16.7% | 1,656 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 45.64 | 53.02 | top 19.1% | 2,078 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 7.88 | top 23.0% | 3,805 / 15,796 |
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 May 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Guilin Open 2021.
- 16 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Guilin Open 2021.
- 14 Apr 2019First competition: Changsha Spring Open 2019. A 13.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
- Guilin Open 2021 · 16 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Guilin Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hengyang Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Spring Open 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiajun Wu (吴佳骏) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ming Li (荔明) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.