People · China
Zaiyang Zhang (张在旸)
3×3 · top 0.95% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ZHAZ09
Zaiyang Zhang (张在旸) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.61, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2017, he has put 629 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in August 2017 to 6.61, a 54% improvement. Zaiyang has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.61 | 8.04 | top 0.95% | 348 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.10 | 11.51 | top 1.1% | 99 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.61 | 4.51 | top 2.5% | 297 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.24 | top 2.7% | 328 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.14 | 5.44 | top 5.7% | 320 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 39.98 | 43.44 | top 12.1% | 1,300 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 7.74 | 9.86 | top 13.9% | 296 / 1,843 | |
| Square-1 | 14.32 | 15.05 | top 14.9% | 226 / 1,362 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.16 | 1:24.73 | top 23.8% | 726 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 46.00 | top 37.3% | 409 / 1,058 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.01 | 2:15.06 | top 51.8% | 2,141 / 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
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Eight personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 29 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Beijing Summer 2018.
- 24 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tianjin Summer Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at Hangzhou Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Beijing Winter 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Open 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Spring 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Shijiazhuang Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.