People · China
Yibo Zhang (张壹博)
2×2 · top 4.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017ZHAY05
Yibo Zhang (张壹博) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Xinxiang Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 665th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2017, he has put 315 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.70 in June 2017 to 2.01, a 57% improvement. Yibo has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.01 | 4.31 | top 4.8% | 665 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 4.98 | top 8.1% | 970 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 7.03 | top 9.5% | 551 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 12.08 | 13.65 | top 14.2% | 5,589 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.07 | 40.97 | top 44.5% | 3,970 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.27 | 1:14.83 | top 46.1% | 4,281 / 5,926 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Anyang Open 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.46 at China Championship 2018.
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.71 at Beijing Open 2018.
- 24 Jun 2017First competition: Beijing Open 2017. A 23.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farnworth Spring D 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
- Xinxiang Open 2019 · 22 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Heze Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aolin Tang (唐奥林) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.