People · China
Zhangning He (何樟宁)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011HEZH02
Zhangning He (何樟宁) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.22, set at Nanjing Spring 2015, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,209th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2011, he has put 482 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.59 in May 2011 to 8.22, a 47% improvement. Zhangning has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.22 | 10.04 | top 3.2% | 1,209 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.39 | 19.55 | top 5.1% | 480 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 36.63 | 44.06 | top 8.4% | 886 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 4.15 | top 11.0% | 1,710 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:29.10 | — | top 22.7% | 316 / 1,184 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.84 | 1:35.38 | top 24.1% | 1,163 / 2,857 | |
| 6×6 | 3:48.71 | 4:09.67 | top 62.0% | 1,115 / 1,363 | |
| Pyraminx | 16.88 | 21.32 | top 87.4% | 8,655 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 4:25 | — | early days — 1 solve | 248 / 279 | |
| Square-1 | 1:16.96 | 1:52.33 | top 91.7% | 1,352 / 1,373 |
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
- 1 May 2014Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 7 Apr 2014First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at Nanjing Spring 2014.
- 25 Nov 2012Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Winter 2012.
- 27 Oct 2012Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2012.
- 25 Mar 2012First sub-15 3×3: 12.56 at Nanjing Spring 2012.
- 25 Mar 2012Seven personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2012.
Competitions
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- NUAA Open 2013 · 12 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Normal University 2013 · 6 Apr 2013
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Winter 2012 · 25 Nov 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2012 · 27 Oct 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2012 · 25 Mar 2012 — 7 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2011 · 30 Oct 2011
- Nanjing Spring 2011 · 14 May 2011
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Meng'an Pu (浦梦安) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.