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Zhengwu Chen (陈政武)

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017CHEN44

Zhengwu Chen (陈政武) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Guilin Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,620th in China. Across 21 competitions since April 2017, he has put 319 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.82 in April 2017 to 12.11, an 18% improvement. Zhengwu has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.11
signature single · Guilin Open 2019
319
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1113.20
top 14.3%5,620 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.9811.98
top 27.7%3,090 / 10,224
2×24.126.79
top 28.0%4,754 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed26.8929.14
top 39.1%3,627 / 5,922
Skewb9.3421.90
top 50.8%2,863 / 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

Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 14.82Shantou Open 2017: 13.98China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 12.21Dongguan Open 2018: 12.76Huizhou Open 2018: 14.00Shenzhen Open 2018: 13.64Meizhou Open 2018: 12.96Jieyang Open 2018: 14.35Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 13.63Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 14.72Shantou Open 2018: 13.11Dongguan Open 2019: 12.65GDSY Open 2019: 15.92Dongguan Spring 2019: 13.88Guilin Open 2019: 12.11Dongguan Summer 2019: 14.22Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 15.47Shenzhen Open 2019: 12.34Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 14.25Zhuhai Open 2025: 16.46Jiangmen Open 2025: 17.3612.1117.3622 Apr 201724 Aug 2025

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 0.11 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.