People · China
Yingcheng Zhou (周映成)
4×4 · top 8.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ZHOU45
Yingcheng Zhou (周映成) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.50, set at Xi'an New Year 2020, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 841st in China. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2017, he has put 112 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Yingcheng has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 36.50 | 43.37 | top 8.2% | 841 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 11.12 | 12.65 | top 10.9% | 4,245 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.89 | 5.12 | top 25.1% | 4,222 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 5.94 | 9.92 | top 25.3% | 1,562 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 9.06 | top 27.6% | 3,082 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,704 / 2,816 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Shantou Open 2017. A 11.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Dongguan Summer 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jianhua Yin (尹建桦) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuxuan Guo (郭雨轩) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.50 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.