People · New Zealand
Zhaoyu Tang
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015TANG15
Zhaoyu Tang has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at NxNZ Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2015, he has put 423 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in December 2015 to 7.49, a 53% improvement. Zhaoyu 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 8.82 | top 2.0% | 60 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 6.65 | top 4.9% | 84 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.63 | 16.65 | top 5.5% | 49 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 36.45 | 43.72 | top 8.1% | 73 / 722 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 3.85 | top 9.8% | 204 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:16.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 54 / 86 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 42.67 | early days — 3 solves | 70 / 111 | |
| Skewb | 16.72 | 23.81 | top 83.3% | 587 / 666 |
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
- 14 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at NxNZ Open 2018.
- 30 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Hamilton Spring 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Hamilton Spring 2017.
- 13 May 2017Five personal bests in one day at Techweek NZ 2017.
- 3 Dec 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at New Zealand Nationals 2016.
Competitions
- Auckland Summer Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- New Zealand Nationals 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NxNZ Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Hamilton Spring 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Techweek NZ 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2015 · 6 Dec 2015
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.
- Jerry Jiang — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Mantra Shukla — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Cheng-Ru Yang — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.