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Zhen Tang (唐镇)

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009TANG05

Zhen Tang (唐镇) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.51, set at Beijing Winter Open 2013, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,368th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2009, he has put 674 official solves on the record across 13 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 16.36 in June 2009 to 9.51, a 42% improvement. Zhen has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.51
signature single · Beijing Winter Open 2013
674
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5111.77
top 6.1%2,368 / 28,153
2×22.575.03
top 9.6%1,445 / 15,796
4×441.1545.83
top 13.5%1,458 / 5,926
5×51:21.711:27.82
top 20.5%973 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed20.3823.70
top 21.5%2,139 / 5,922
Megaminx1:21.841:32.27
top 23.0%697 / 1,678
Pyraminx6.658.01
top 25.0%2,827 / 10,224
6×62:35.852:41.02
top 28.6%615 / 1,349
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 3 solves322 / 1,058
7×74:03.244:27.49
top 32.0%620 / 1,261
Clock11.7614.08
top 33.8%808 / 1,843
Square-124.5431.06
top 38.2%651 / 1,362
Skewb10.3112.09
top 56.8%3,146 / 5,004

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 Open 2009: 16.36Xi'an Spring 2010: 13.22Xi'an Lucky Open 2011: 11.90Hangzhou Open 2011: 13.16Hangzhou Open 2012: 15.02Nanjing Winter 2012: 13.25Zhejiang University 2013: 13.94Nanjing Normal University 2013: 10.65Hefei Open 2013: 10.14Wenzhou Open 2013: 11.00Beijing Winter Open 2013: 9.51Zhejiang University Open 2014: 11.07Suzhou Open 2014: 11.71BUAA Open 2014: 10.13Xi'an New Year 2015: 10.00Nanjing Spring 2015: 9.82Nanchang Open 2015: 10.57Xining Summer Open 2015: 10.459.5116.3628 Jun 20098 Aug 2015

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.