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Xiaowei Zhu (朱小薇)

3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013ZHUX01

Xiaowei Zhu (朱小薇) has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.89, set at China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017, puts her in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,668th in China. Across 8 competitions since July 2013, she has put 80 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.13 in July 2013 to 12.89, a 33% improvement. Xiaowei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.89
signature single · China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017
80
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.8916.63
top 17.0%6,668 / 28,153
2×24.058.39
top 27.1%4,601 / 15,796
Square-148.80
early days — 3 solves1,203 / 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

Nanning Open 2013: 19.13Nanning Open 2017: 13.60Zhuhai Open 2017: 15.07China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.89Shenzhen Open 2017: 17.14Guangdong Open 2018: 14.16Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 13.63Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 16.5912.8919.1314 Jul 201324 Aug 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as she improves.