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Zhangning He (何樟宁)

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011HEZH02

Zhangning He (何樟宁) has been competing for 15 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,175th 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; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. 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.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.22
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2015
482
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.2210.04
top 3.2%1,175 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed13.3919.55
top 5.1%462 / 5,922
4×436.6344.06
top 8.3%858 / 5,926
2×22.704.15
top 10.9%1,673 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded1:29.10
top 22.7%313 / 1,183
5×51:25.841:35.38
top 24.0%1,133 / 2,816
6×63:48.714:09.67
top 61.8%1,101 / 1,349
Pyraminx16.8821.32
top 87.4%8,610 / 10,224
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 4:25
early days — 1 solve247 / 278
Square-11:16.961:52.33
top 91.7%1,342 / 1,362

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

Nanjing Spring 2011: 15.59Nanjing Spring 2012: 11.77Nanjing Autumn 2012: 11.38Nanjing Winter 2012: 11.34Zhejiang University 2013: 11.97Nanjing Normal University 2013: 11.52NUAA Open 2013: 10.14Wuxi Open 2013: 12.34Nanjing Spring 2014: 8.84Hefei Spring 2014: 9.36Nanjing Spring 2015: 8.22Nanjing Autumn 2015: 9.42Yangzhou Open 2017: 8.83Suzhou Open 2017: 9.28HDU Open 2017: 8.498.2215.5914 May 201118 Nov 2017

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.