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Yining Zhang (张益宁)

3×3 · top 54.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019ZHAN86

Yining Zhang (张益宁) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.68, set at Wuxi Winter 2019, puts him in the top 54.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,035th in China. Across 2 competitions since April 2019, he has put 22 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.66 in April 2019 to 25.68, a 35% improvement. Yining has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 54.1% of 284,439 all-time
25.68
signature single · Wuxi Winter 2019
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×325.6831.19
top 54.1%17,035 / 28,153
Pyraminx13.5320.61
top 75.6%7,528 / 10,224
2×210.1212.22
top 78.4%12,659 / 15,796
4×41:57.64
early days — 2 solves5,658 / 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

Kunshan Open 2019: 39.66Wuxi Winter 2019: 25.6825.6839.6620 Apr 20198 Dec 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.