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Zetong Zheng (郑泽同)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHEN37

Zetong Zheng (郑泽同) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Shijiazhuang Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2016, he has put 293 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.72 in October 2016 to 7.86, a 53% improvement. Zetong has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · Shijiazhuang Open 2018
293
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.8610.03
top 2.5%922 / 28,153
2×21.803.39
top 3.6%474 / 15,796
4×447.5855.87
top 21.6%2,323 / 5,926
Pyraminx6.887.82
top 26.9%3,010 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed24.2728.92
top 32.2%3,113 / 5,922
Skewb9.1710.87
top 49.6%2,821 / 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

Asian Championship 2016: 16.72Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 18.12Tangshan Open 2017: 12.91Beijing Open 2017: 13.46China Championship 2017: 11.10Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 9.17Shijiazhuang Open 2017: 10.71Beijing Open 2018: 10.39Shijiazhuang Open 2018: 7.86China Championship 2018: 9.17Shijiazhuang Winter 2018: 8.84Shijiazhuang Open 2019: 10.427.8618.121 Oct 201630 Jun 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 1.86 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.