People · China
Xiaofeng Zheng (郑晓锋)
2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2010 · 2010ZHEN08
Xiaofeng Zheng (郑晓锋) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Taiyuan Open 2012, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 313th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2010, he has put 335 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.34 in May 2011 to 1.61, a 52% improvement. Xiaofeng 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.61 | 2.13 | top 2.6% | 313 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 10.76 | 11.65 | top 9.7% | 3,805 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.03 | 19.62 | top 12.6% | 1,242 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.18 | 1:15.83 | top 38.8% | 3,780 / 5,926 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Chengdu Open 2015.
- 19 May 2012Five personal bests in one day at Taiyuan Open 2012.
- 21 May 2011First sub-20 3×3: 14.61 at Taiyuan 2011.
- 21 May 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Taiyuan 2011.
- 30 May 2010First competition: Taiyuan 2010. A 26.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chengdu Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
- Chengdu Open 2016 · 1 May 2016
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Qingdao Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012
- Taiyuan Open 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan 2011 · 21 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan 2010 · 30 May 2010
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Yujie Rao (饶喻杰) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Haixin Yang (杨海鑫) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.