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Yi Zhu (朱义)

3×3 · top 21.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016ZHUY01

Yi Zhu (朱义) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.23, set at Zhenjiang Open 2016, puts him in the top 21.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,375th in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.25 in April 2016 to 14.23, a 36% improvement. Yi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 21.8% of 284,439 all-time
14.23
signature single · Zhenjiang Open 2016
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.2317.82
top 21.8%8,375 / 28,153
2×24.678.22
top 35.1%6,042 / 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

Nanjing Spring 2016: 22.25Zhenjiang Open 2016: 14.2314.2322.2530 Apr 201620 Nov 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.23 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.