People · China
Xin Zhou (周鑫)
3×3 · top 14.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015ZHOU04
Xin Zhou (周鑫) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.21, set at Nanjing Autumn 2016, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,752nd in China. Across 9 competitions since March 2015, he has put 147 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.48 in March 2015 to 12.21, a 34% improvement. Xin has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.21 | 14.65 | top 14.6% | 5,752 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 44.43 | 49.80 | top 17.6% | 1,905 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.30 | 25.81 | top 21.3% | 2,122 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.61 | top 28.3% | 4,802 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.77 | 1:42.07 | top 29.6% | 1,336 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 10.99 | 13.19 | top 60.8% | 3,311 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.30 | 15.76 | top 74.5% | 7,425 / 10,224 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 30 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2016.
- 29 Mar 2015First competition: AnHui University Open 2015. A 18.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hefei Summer 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Nanchang Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2016 · 15 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015
- AnHui University Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.