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Zhengguo Yuan (袁正国)

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019YUAN11

Zhengguo Yuan (袁正国) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.51, set at Xuzhou Open AM 2021, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 709th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2019, he has put 76 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.43 in March 2019 to 7.51, an 81% improvement. Zhengguo has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.51
signature single · Xuzhou Open AM 2021
76
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.518.72
top 2.0%709 / 28,153
3×3 blindfolded3:51.12
early days — 1 solve904 / 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

Hefei Spring 2019: 40.43Hangzhou Open 2019: 27.33Nanjing Autumn 2019: 16.19Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 16.28Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 8.85Shaoxing Morning 2021: 8.18Hangzhou Open AM 2021: 8.63Kunshan Morning 2021: 8.22Xuzhou Open AM 2021: 7.517.5140.4323 Mar 201916 May 2021

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
  • A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 51.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.