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Xinyuan Zhang (张新元)

3×3 · top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAX01

Xinyuan Zhang (张新元) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.54, set at Linyi Open 2016, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,735th in China. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 16 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.54
signature single · Linyi Open 2016
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.5417.23
top 22.9%8,735 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed26.7342.70
top 38.7%3,597 / 5,922
2×26.006.95
top 50.9%8,681 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded3:18.23
early days — 2 solves793 / 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 story so far

  • 7 Aug 2016First competition: Linyi Open 2016. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.54 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 1.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.