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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.

3×3
best event — top 0.95% of 284,439 all-time
6.61
signature single · Beijing Winter 2019
629
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.618.04
top 0.95%348 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed10.1011.51
top 1.1%99 / 5,922
Pyraminx2.614.51
top 2.5%297 / 10,224
2×21.633.24
top 2.7%328 / 15,796
Skewb3.145.44
top 5.7%320 / 5,004
4×439.9843.44
top 12.1%1,300 / 5,926
Clock7.749.86
top 13.9%296 / 1,843
Square-114.3215.05
top 14.9%226 / 1,362
Megaminx1:23.161:24.73
top 23.8%726 / 1,678
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves46.00
top 37.3%409 / 1,058
5×52:04.012:15.06
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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 14.30Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 13.67Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 12.99Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 11.15Hangzhou Spring 2018: 8.84Beijing Open 2018: 9.46Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 9.58Beijing Summer 2018: 7.85China Championship 2018: 8.53Beijing Winter 2018: 8.04China Championship 2019: 8.29Tianjin Autumn 2019: 7.69Beijing Winter 2019: 6.616.6114.3020 Aug 20177 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-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.