People · China
Xincheng Zhang (张昕诚)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAX22
Xincheng Zhang (张昕诚) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,063rd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.45 in December 2018 to 8.08, a 68% improvement. Xincheng has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.08 | 10.02 | top 2.9% | 1,063 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 35.75 | 39.89 | top 7.4% | 753 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 5.58 | top 14.5% | 2,269 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 24.10 | 24.72 | top 96.4% | 9,708 / 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
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.61 at Chongqing Open 2023.
- 2 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.02 at Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021.
- 24 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 16.75 at Xuzhou Winter 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018First competition: Wenzhou Open 2018. A 25.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Xuzhou Open AM 2021 · 16 May 2021
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021 · 2 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Winter 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wenzhou Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zhibo Jin (金智博) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.