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Xiaoliang Zhu (朱校良)

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHUX01

Xiaoliang Zhu (朱校良) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at Shenzhen Open 2018, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,396th in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 123 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.22 in April 2017 to 11.94, a 26% improvement. Xiaoliang has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.94
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2018
123
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9414.12
top 13.7%5,396 / 28,153
Megaminx1:19.371:27.79
top 21.3%645 / 1,678
4×450.9753.53
top 25.9%2,742 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed23.1830.44
top 29.2%2,847 / 5,922
5×51:32.771:43.88
top 29.6%1,336 / 2,816
Square-121.0332.40
top 30.3%516 / 1,362
Clock12.5815.58
top 37.8%904 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves44.00
top 44.7%515 / 1,058
6×63:14.643:56.59
top 48.0%926 / 1,349
Skewb9.5413.11
top 52.0%2,914 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded3:23.294:34.12
top 59.1%821 / 1,183
2×27.208.71
top 62.1%10,382 / 15,796
7×75:38.755:54.07
top 62.2%1,027 / 1,261
Pyraminx11.5114.07
top 64.0%6,501 / 10,224
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 24:19
early days — 1 solve239 / 278
4×4 blindfolded19:27.00
early days — 2 solves145 / 149
5×5 blindfolded41:26.00
early days — 1 solve93 / 95

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

Nanjing Spring 2017: 16.22Suzhou Open 2017: 14.61Harbin Open 2018: 12.47Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.9411.9416.2230 Apr 201721 Jul 2018

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 19.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.