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Xuanqiang Zhao (赵炫强)

3×3 · top 32.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ZHAO16

Xuanqiang Zhao (赵炫强) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.62, set at Zhenjiang Open 2015, puts him in the top 32.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,895th in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, he has put 55 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.93 in November 2014 to 17.62, a 12% improvement. Xuanqiang has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.9% of 284,439 all-time
17.62
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2015
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.6220.37
top 32.9%11,895 / 28,153
2×24.736.70
top 35.9%6,190 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed27.9433.78
top 41.8%3,810 / 5,922
4×41:25.01
early days — 2 solves5,022 / 5,926
Pyraminx13.4816.42
top 75.4%7,508 / 10,224
Skewb21.3237.83
top 91.5%4,495 / 5,004

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

Hangzhou Winter Open 2014: 19.93Nanchang Open 2015: 21.21Zhenjiang Open 2015: 17.62Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 19.9617.6221.2129 Nov 20142 Apr 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.62 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.