People · China
Zhaobo Sheng (盛照博)
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SHEN18
Zhaobo Sheng (盛照博) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.73, set at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 415th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2016, he has put 357 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.90 in October 2016 to 9.72, a 39% improvement. Zhaobo 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.73 | 3.45 | top 3.2% | 415 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 12.84 | top 6.7% | 2,597 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 6.52 | top 8.1% | 970 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.23 | 21.96 | top 15.7% | 1,541 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 38.00 | top 30.0% | 322 / 1,058 | |
| Clock | 12.49 | 13.60 | top 37.4% | 892 / 1,843 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.45 | 1:11.13 | top 42.3% | 4,023 / 5,926 |
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 Jan 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Xi'an New Year 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 19 Mar 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 15.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 2022
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Beijing Summer 2019 · 7 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Chengming Su (苏成明) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yunqi Ouyang (欧阳韵奇) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.