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Yanqiu Zeng (曾焱球)

3×3 · top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZENG09

Yanqiu Zeng (曾焱球) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.16, set at Hefei Open 2017, puts him in the top 11.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,299th in China. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 81 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.68 in October 2016 to 11.16, an 18% improvement. Yanqiu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.16
signature single · Hefei Open 2017
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.1612.21
top 11.0%4,299 / 28,153
2×23.083.58
top 15.2%2,411 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed20.3423.37
top 21.4%2,129 / 5,922
4×452.9456.76
top 28.3%2,951 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded2:51.13
early days — 1 solve696 / 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 line so far

Nanjing Autumn 2016: 13.68Changshu Open 2017: 12.40Hefei Open 2017: 11.1611.1613.6816 Oct 20165 Oct 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.