People · China
Wenqian Zheng (郑文乾)
3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016ZHEN41
Wenqian Zheng (郑文乾) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,001st in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2016, he has put 199 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.22 in November 2016 to 10.08, a 24% improvement. Wenqian 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 | 10.08 | 12.57 | top 7.7% | 3,001 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.94 | 17.47 | top 8.0% | 775 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 42.61 | 47.10 | top 15.2% | 1,651 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.49 | top 21.2% | 3,492 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 9.89 | top 22.1% | 2,529 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 10.80 | top 26.7% | 1,657 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.53 | 1:50.34 | top 38.0% | 1,713 / 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
- 7 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2017.
- 20 Nov 2016First competition: Taiyuan Winter Open 2016. A 13.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Winter Open 2016 · 20 Nov 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.
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zihan Mu (穆子晗) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.