People · China
Weiye Zhang (张玮烨)
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHAW04
Weiye Zhang (张玮烨) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 287th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2016, he has put 220 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.60 in November 2016 to 1.57, a 40% improvement. Weiye 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 2.58 | top 2.5% | 287 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.30 | 11.54 | top 5.6% | 2,161 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 40.86 | 47.63 | top 13.1% | 1,424 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.59 | 20.30 | top 16.6% | 1,649 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 7.95 | top 20.7% | 2,358 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.27 | 1:48.17 | top 33.3% | 1,506 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 9.13 | 13.22 | top 49.3% | 2,807 / 5,004 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at China Championship 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 21 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Heze Open 2019.
- 18 Nov 2017Six personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 6 Nov 2016First competition: Zibo Open 2016. A 14.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Weifang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016
- Zibo Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chenghao Guo (国成浩) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Yuqi Liu (刘瑜琪) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.