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Zhen Qin (秦臻)

3×3 · top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010QINZ01

Zhen Qin (秦臻) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.68, set at Nanjing Winter Open 2010, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,876th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2010, he has put 59 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.50 in April 2010 to 14.68, a 32% improvement. Zhen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.68
signature single · Nanjing Winter Open 2010
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.6816.44
top 23.3%8,876 / 28,153
4×41:14.001:26.97
top 50.7%4,564 / 5,926
5×52:18.022:29.28
top 60.0%2,362 / 2,816
2×26.968.62
top 60.1%10,109 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed45.8551.70
top 72.6%5,427 / 5,922

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

Nanjing Spring Open 2010: 21.50Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 14.68Nanjing Spring 2011: 15.4114.6821.5025 Apr 201014 May 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 2.68 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 14.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.