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Xiaojing Zhang (张小静)

4×4 · top 3.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012ZHAN50

Xiaojing Zhang (张小静) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.21, set at Jieyang Good Morning 2021, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 287th in China. Until December 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since December 2012, he has put 1,420 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.11 in December 2012 to 8.97, a 61% improvement. Xiaojing has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 3.0% of 83,917 all-time
30.21
signature single · Jieyang Good Morning 2021
1,420
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×430.2136.20
top 3.0%287 / 5,926
3×38.9711.65
top 4.8%1,828 / 28,153
2×22.314.30
top 7.1%1,016 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.127.90
top 8.3%986 / 10,224
5×51:07.111:17.36
top 9.7%471 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed20.0123.68
top 20.5%2,042 / 5,922
Megaminx1:19.941:25.22
top 21.8%654 / 1,678
7×73:38.873:50.59
top 23.0%465 / 1,261
6×62:25.602:33.18
top 23.4%513 / 1,349
Skewb7.129.92
top 34.6%2,103 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded2:06.22—
top 35.5%511 / 1,183
Square-11:07.24—
early days — 2 solves1,313 / 1,362

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

Xi'an Newborn 2012: 23.11Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013: 15.92Xi'an Winter 2013: 14.10Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 15.03Yangling Open 2014: 12.06Xi'an Winter Open 2014: 14.44Xi'an More Coffee 2014: 15.96Xi'an New Year 2015: 14.18Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015: 14.93Fuzhou Open 2016: 13.05Chongqing Open 2016: 13.75Shantou Open 2016: 11.50Asian Championship 2016: 12.03Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 11.88Zhangzhou Spring 2017: 11.84Xiamen Open 2017: 8.99Chaozhou Open 2017: 9.38Longyan Summer Open 2017: 8.97China Championship 2017: 11.38Shantou Open 2017: 11.33China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 9.42Xiamen Autumn 2017: 11.22Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 11.01TKK Open 2017: 11.72Dongguan Open 2018: 10.92GDSY Open 2018: 11.74Guangdong Open 2018: 11.59Fujian Championship 2018: 12.59Huizhou Open 2018: 10.63Longyan Open 2018: 11.29WCA Asian Championship 2018: 12.33Quanzhou Open 2018: 9.70China Championship 2018: 11.39Shantou Open 2018: 11.15Fuzhou Open 2018: 10.68Jieyang Open 2019: 12.18Jieyang Good Morning 2021: 11.44Shenzhen Open 2024: 10.668.9723.1123 Dec 20127 Dec 2024

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

The story so far

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.