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Zetao Lian (连泽涛)

3×3 · top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016LIAN19

Zetao Lian (连泽涛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.97, set at Jieyang Winter 2020, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,790th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2016, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.85 in August 2016 to 12.97, a 52% improvement. Zetao has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.97
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2020
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.9714.48
top 17.3%6,790 / 28,153
2×24.506.06
top 32.9%5,640 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed31.24
top 49.4%4,296 / 5,922
Skewb9.4812.46
top 51.7%2,898 / 5,004

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

Shantou Open 2016: 26.85Shantou Open 2017: 14.67Jieyang Open 2019: 13.55Jieyang Winter 2020: 12.9712.9726.857 Aug 201619 Jan 2020

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 0.97 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.