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Zhengwu Piao (朴正武)

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019PIAO01

Zhengwu Piao (朴正武) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.01, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 473rd in China. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2019, he has put 145 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.47 in January 2019 to 7.01, a 26% improvement. Zhengwu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.01
signature single · China Championship 2019
145
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.018.83
top 1.3%473 / 28,153
4×429.2836.30
top 2.4%226 / 5,926
5×51:01.891:10.87
top 6.6%308 / 2,816
Pyraminx4.245.25
top 8.9%1,063 / 10,224
2×22.693.61
top 10.8%1,655 / 15,796
Skewb5.447.77
top 21.5%1,344 / 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

Shenyang New Year 2019: 9.47China Championship 2019: 7.01Harbin Open 2019: 8.34Kunshan Morning 2021: 7.757.019.4727 Jan 20192 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 1.01 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.