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Yiming Zhang (张益铭)

3×3 · top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018ZHAY40

Yiming Zhang (张益铭) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.95, set at Zibo Open 2024, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,037th in China. Across 6 competitions since December 2018, he has put 112 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.13 in December 2018 to 13.95, a 44% improvement. Yiming has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.95
signature single · Zibo Open 2024
112
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.9516.31
top 20.8%8,037 / 28,153
2×23.697.22
top 22.6%3,714 / 15,796
Pyraminx6.778.19
top 26.0%2,924 / 10,224
Skewb6.208.39
top 27.3%1,689 / 5,004
Megaminx1:52.362:16.63
top 41.7%1,179 / 1,678
4×41:15.51
early days — 2 solves4,633 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed37.57
early days — 2 solves4,966 / 5,922
Square-159.53
early days — 1 solve1,280 / 1,362

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

Zibo Open 2018: 25.13Qingdao Spring 2019: 18.87China Championship 2019: 17.16Shandong Open 2019: 14.87Zibo Open 2019: 16.06Zibo Open 2024: 13.9513.9525.131 Dec 201819 May 2024

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 1.95 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.