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Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利)

3×3 · top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011ZHEN12

Zhaoli Zheng (郑召利) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.94, set at XJTU Open 2016, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,396th in China. Across 12 competitions since December 2011, he has put 251 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.52 in January 2012 to 11.94, a 39% improvement. Zhaoli has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.94
signature single · XJTU Open 2016
251
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.9414.39
top 13.7%5,396 / 28,153
Skewb4.637.94
top 15.4%953 / 5,004
3×3 blindfolded1:31.69
top 23.7%328 / 1,183
4×453.821:00.05
top 29.3%3,022 / 5,926
2×24.525.91
top 33.2%5,696 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.139.31
top 37.3%4,055 / 10,224
5×51:47.112:06.19
top 40.6%1,811 / 2,816
Megaminx2:14.452:27.71
top 53.5%1,363 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed34.1737.79
top 55.7%4,654 / 5,922
6×64:13.254:18.91
early days — 3 solves1,183 / 1,349
Clock23.0829.20
top 72.7%1,553 / 1,843
7×76:31.776:42.53
top 74.9%1,132 / 1,261
4×4 blindfolded15:17.00
early days — 1 solve130 / 149
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 43:23
early days — 1 solve220 / 278
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 1 solve916 / 1,058
Square-11:13.40
early days — 1 solve1,335 / 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

Xi'an Yangling 2012: 19.52Xi'an Qingming Open 2012: 18.71Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2012: 17.50Xi'an Newborn 2012: 13.22Chongqing Open 2013: 15.30Xi'an More Coffee 2014: 12.92Xi'an New Year 2015: 15.79XJTU Open 2016: 11.9411.9419.521 Jan 201227 Nov 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.