People · China
Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率)
7×7 · top 0.33% of 14,226 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ZHOU51
Zhangshuai Zhou (周章率) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 1:54.40, set at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 0.33% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in China. Until July 2018, no official 7×7 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2019, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 5×5 best has come down from 58.20 in October 2019 to 47.54, an 18% improvement. Zhangshuai has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7×7 | 1:54.40 | 1:59.31 | top 0.33% | 5 / 1,261 | |
| 6×6 | 1:20.57 | 1:22.92 | top 0.66% | 11 / 1,349 | |
| 5×5 | 47.54 | 52.25 | top 1.2% | 41 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 | 8.71 | 10.16 | top 4.2% | 1,599 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 40.61 | 47.25 | top 12.8% | 1,378 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.26 | 22.90 | top 21.2% | 2,104 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 5.80 | 6.47 | top 48.7% | 8,337 / 15,796 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2023.
- 27 Mar 2021Three personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021.
- 21 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019First competition: Jieyang Open 2019. A 11.40 3×3 single to start from.
- 11 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Jieyang Open 2019.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Afternoon 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Changsha Autumn 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 20.57 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 7.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.