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Xinghao Zheng (郑星浩)

3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ZHEN05

Xinghao Zheng (郑星浩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,517th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2017, he has put 138 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.38 in March 2017 to 9.65, a 50% improvement. Xinghao has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.65
signature single · Guangdong Open 2021
138
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6511.52
top 6.5%2,517 / 28,153
4×454.1557.98
top 29.7%3,051 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed30.9435.94
top 48.7%4,250 / 5,922
2×26.208.11
top 52.9%8,999 / 15,796

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

Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 19.38China Championship 2017: 13.65WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 11.52HUST Open 2018: 11.68Qianjiang Summer Open 2018: 11.43Wuhan Open 2019: 10.31Wuhan Autumn 2019: 10.19Ezhou Open 2019: 11.04Guangdong Open 2021: 9.65Wuhan Open 2021: 10.649.6519.3819 Mar 20175 Jun 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 4.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.