People · China
Wenjie Zhu (朱文杰)
3×3 one-handed · top 7.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ZHUW02
Wenjie Zhu (朱文杰) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.57, set at Wenzhou Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 696th in China. Until August 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2015, he has put 299 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in November 2015 to 10.78, a 26% improvement. Wenjie 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 one-handed | 14.57 | 17.36 | top 7.2% | 696 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 12.37 | top 9.8% | 3,830 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.09 | 57.96 | top 19.7% | 2,120 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 9.13 | top 22.1% | 1,389 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 3.71 | 4.29 | top 22.8% | 3,775 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.54 | 1:43.68 | top 28.6% | 1,304 / 2,816 |
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 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wenzhou Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2016Five personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 27 Dec 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2015.
- 7 Nov 2015First competition: Zhenjiang Open 2015. A 14.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2015 · 27 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Wei Ji (季炜) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.