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Zhangyuan He (何章元)

3×3 · top 0.62% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HEZH01

Zhangyuan He (何章元) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Lishui University Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 226th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2016, he has put 834 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.54 in November 2016 to 6.20, a 46% improvement. Zhangyuan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.62% of 284,439 all-time
6.20
signature single · Lishui University Open 2018
834
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.208.52
top 0.62%226 / 28,153
Pyraminx2.244.96
top 1.6%186 / 10,224
2×21.632.75
top 2.7%328 / 15,796
4×431.6735.88
top 3.9%383 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed13.9816.62
top 6.1%577 / 5,922
5×51:08.681:12.64
top 10.7%529 / 2,816
7×74:03.284:16.03
early days — 3 solves621 / 1,261
6×62:45.812:48.22
early days — 3 solves707 / 1,349
Megaminx1:40.601:47.44
top 35.0%1,034 / 1,678

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

Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 11.54Shanghai Spring 2017: 9.84Xiamen Open 2017: 11.33China Championship 2017: 9.19Wuxi Open 2017: 8.37China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 9.29Hefei Open 2017: 8.09HDU Open 2017: 8.26Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 9.16Hangzhou Spring 2018: 7.90Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 8.03Lishui University Open 2018: 6.20SJTU Open 2018: 8.76Suzhou Open 2018: 6.42China Championship 2018: 7.94Ningbo Open 2018: 8.23Huzhou Open 2019: 7.186.2011.545 Nov 201613 Jul 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 0.20 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.