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Xinghua Zhang (张兴华)

2×2 · top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHAX06

Xinghua Zhang (张兴华) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at Jinan Open 2017, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,983rd in China. Across 33 competitions since October 2016, he has put 442 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in October 2016 to 11.81, a 45% improvement. Xinghua has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.86
signature single · Jinan Open 2017
442
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.866.32
top 12.7%1,983 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded59.551:37.31
top 12.9%194 / 1,183
3×311.8114.42
top 13.2%5,224 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.4523.27
top 19.1%1,913 / 5,922
Skewb5.509.71
top 22.0%1,377 / 5,004
4×451.3253.96
top 26.3%2,785 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.998.07
top 27.8%3,101 / 10,224
Clock13.7616.65
top 42.8%1,010 / 1,843
Megaminx1:55.342:11.01
top 43.3%1,211 / 1,678
5×51:59.422:05.64
top 48.9%2,071 / 2,816
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves51.00
top 51.8%610 / 1,058
Square-132.6039.85
top 54.4%932 / 1,362
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:26—
early days — 1 solve175 / 278

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

Asian Championship 2016: 21.47Tangshan Open 2017: 17.42Beijing Open 2017: 20.35Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 15.38Jinan Open 2017: 11.81Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 13.89Qingdao Open 2018: 14.02Qinhuangdao Open 2018: 16.37Beijing Open 2018: 16.17Beijing Summer 2018: 15.95Shenyang Summer 2018: 14.78China Championship 2018: 13.52Qinhuangdao Winter 2018: 13.94Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 14.47Beijing Winter 2018: 13.55Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 13.28Xinxiang Open 2019: 15.36Taiyuan Winter 2019: 13.75Beijing Spring PM 2021: 13.91Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 13.42Shenyang Open 2023: 12.26Shenyang Spring 2024: 13.37Tianjin Open 2024: 14.1011.8121.471 Oct 20161 Jun 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 9.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.