People · China
Wenjie Zhou (周文杰)
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ZHOU16
Wenjie Zhou (周文杰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.33, set at Yangzhou Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,266th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2016, he has put 288 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in May 2016 to 8.33, a 43% improvement. Wenjie has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.33 | 12.08 | top 3.4% | 1,266 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.88 | 38.52 | top 7.6% | 774 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 5.49 | top 13.3% | 2,076 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:24.38 | — | top 21.2% | 290 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.03 | 1:39.60 | top 28.1% | 1,288 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.22 | 26.41 | top 29.3% | 2,851 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.72 | 16.44 | top 33.9% | 3,725 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 14.34 | 19.60 | top 45.3% | 1,067 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 25.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,726 / 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
- 17 Aug 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.33 at Yangzhou Open 2016.
- 14 May 2016First competition: Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Huzhou Open 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019
- Ningbo Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lishui University Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 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.
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Jiahui Zhu (朱嘉辉) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.