People · China
Zhaoqi Wang (王昭琦)
Pyraminx · top 6.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016WANZ23
Zhaoqi Wang (王昭琦) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.84, set at Tianjin Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 820th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2016, he has put 177 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.08 in December 2016 to 15.43, a 23% improvement. Zhaoqi has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.84 | 7.03 | top 6.9% | 820 / 10,224 | |
| Clock | 5.96 | 9.30 | top 7.1% | 142 / 1,843 | |
| Skewb | 5.15 | 9.33 | top 19.3% | 1,201 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 18.12 | 22.74 | top 23.7% | 389 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 15.43 | 17.89 | top 25.9% | 9,706 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.72 | 1:54.62 | top 33.2% | 994 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 459 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.31 | 31.34 | top 42.7% | 3,873 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 5.87 | 7.39 | top 49.5% | 8,466 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:02.14 | — | early days — 1 solve | 942 / 1,183 |
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
- 31 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Beijing Winter 2018.
- 28 May 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.77 at Tangshan Open 2017.
- 11 Dec 2016First competition: Shenyang Winter 2016. A 20.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Please Be Quiet Beijing 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Autumn 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Qinhuangdao Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2018 · 31 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 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.
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yu Feng (冯煜) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zihe Wang (王子何) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.