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Zheng Xu (徐铮)

3×3 · top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011XUZH01

Zheng Xu (徐铮) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.23, set at One Night in Beijing 2016, puts him in the top 18.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,128th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2011, he has put 56 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.53 in April 2011 to 13.23, a 29% improvement. Zheng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.23
signature single · One Night in Beijing 2016
56
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.2314.33
top 18.2%7,128 / 28,153
2×23.755.37
top 23.3%3,879 / 15,796
3×3 blindfolded4:18.59
early days — 1 solve983 / 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

Beijing Spring 2011: 18.53One Night in Beijing 2016: 13.23Beijing Open 2017: 13.85China Championship 2018: 14.1513.2318.5323 Apr 20112 Oct 2018

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 1.23 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.