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Zhe Zhang (张哲)

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009ZHAN31

Zhe Zhang (张哲) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,620th in China. Across 5 competitions since May 2009, he has put 68 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.21 in May 2009 to 12.11, a 45% improvement. Zhe has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.11
signature single · Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010
68
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1116.36
top 14.3%5,620 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded1:27.18
top 22.0%305 / 1,183
2×24.908.92
top 38.1%6,567 / 15,796

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

Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 22.21Harbin Open 2009: 16.18ChangChun 2010: 15.30Shenyang Cubing Boxing Day 2010: 12.11ShenYang Open 2011: 14.6112.1122.2129 May 20094 Oct 2011

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 27.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.