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Xiaoxu Zhang (张孝旭)

3×3 · top 35.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017ZHAN50

Xiaoxu Zhang (张孝旭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.29, set at Ningbo Open 2018, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,463rd in China. Across 6 competitions since April 2017, he has put 116 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.54 in April 2017 to 5.80, a 32% improvement. Xiaoxu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.29
signature single · Ningbo Open 2018
116
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.2921.20
top 35.0%12,463 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.2710.03
top 38.5%4,169 / 10,224
Skewb7.6510.74
top 38.7%2,304 / 5,004
2×25.807.60
top 48.7%8,337 / 15,796
Clock15.5116.89
top 50.0%1,170 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded4:25.86
early days — 2 solves1,003 / 1,183

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

Wenzhou Open 2017: 8.54Fuzhou Autumn 2017: 8.84HDU Open 2017: 7.94Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 5.80Kunshan Open 2018: 6.63Ningbo Open 2018: 7.545.808.8430 Apr 201713 Oct 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.29 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.