People · China
Wenbo Zhao (赵文博)
3×3 · top 15.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013ZHAO15
Wenbo Zhao (赵文博) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.49, set at Tangshan Open 2019, puts him in the top 15.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,127th in China. Across 11 competitions since August 2013, he has put 164 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.66 in August 2013 to 12.49, a 42% improvement. Wenbo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 12.49 | 14.71 | top 15.6% | 6,127 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.63 | 1:46.03 | top 26.2% | 1,215 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.81 | 4:18.29 | top 32.9% | 642 / 1,261 | |
| 4×4 | 59.32 | 1:07.54 | top 35.7% | 3,530 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.04 | 18.58 | top 36.5% | 3,963 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.53 | 33.71 | top 40.7% | 3,736 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 6.35 | 7.43 | top 54.5% | 9,239 / 15,796 | |
| 6×6 | 4:01.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,147 / 1,349 | |
| Skewb | 28.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,810 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 28 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at One Night in Beijing 2016.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 15.07 at Beijing Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at Beijing Open 2015.
- 24 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2015.
- 10 Aug 2013First competition: Beijing Summer 2013. A 21.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
- One Night in Beijing 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2013 · 10 Aug 2013
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.
- Yanhong Chen (陈燕宏) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yu Feng (冯煜) — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 28.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.