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Zheng Yuan (原正)

Pyraminx · top 15.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013YUAN06

Zheng Yuan (原正) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.39, set at Nanjing Spring 2015, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,839th in China. Across 11 competitions since October 2013, he has put 267 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.60 in October 2013 to 13.11, a 42% improvement. Zheng has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 15.7% of 129,321 all-time
5.39
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2015
267
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx5.399.08
top 15.7%1,839 / 10,224
3×313.1116.31
top 17.8%6,968 / 28,153
4×449.7154.68
top 24.4%2,597 / 5,926
2×24.186.67
top 28.8%4,914 / 15,796
5×51:33.501:46.02
top 30.2%1,368 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed25.3028.49
top 35.0%3,321 / 5,922
7×74:37.525:06.22
top 43.6%807 / 1,261
6×63:12.603:20.59
top 47.0%910 / 1,349
Megaminx2:03.992:15.70
top 48.0%1,273 / 1,678
Skewb11.0314.95
top 61.0%3,319 / 5,004
Square-140.0649.14
top 65.4%1,087 / 1,362
Clock38.76
early days — 1 solve1,772 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded7:16.61
early days — 1 solve1,158 / 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

Nanchang Open 2013: 22.60Hefei Summer Open 2014: 16.86Nanjing Spring 2015: 17.81Wuhan Open 2015: 16.87Nanchang Open 2015: 17.41Nanjing Autumn 2015: 15.85Nanchang Winter 2015: 14.34Jinhua Open 2016: 13.11Wenzhou Open 2017: 13.79Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 14.0813.1122.6027 Oct 20131 Jan 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.