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Xiaodong Zhu (朱晓冬)

3×3 · top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ZHUX06

Xiaodong Zhu (朱晓冬) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.93, set at Qingdao Open 2018, puts him in the top 58.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,080th in China. Across 2 competitions since November 2017, he has put 14 official solves on the record across two events. Xiaodong has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 58.7% of 284,439 all-time
27.93
signature single · Qingdao Open 2018
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×327.9330.95
top 58.7%18,080 / 28,153
2×28.5914.74
top 71.3%11,679 / 15,796

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

Jinan Open 2017: 28.36Qingdao Open 2018: 27.9327.9328.3618 Nov 201725 Mar 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 18 Nov 2017First competition: Jinan Open 2017. A 28.36 3×3 single to start from.

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.