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Zherui Zhou (周哲瑞)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHOU32

Zherui Zhou (周哲瑞) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Beijing Summer 2018, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, he has put 28 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.64 in October 2016 to 9.62, a 42% improvement. Zherui has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.62
signature single · Beijing Summer 2018
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6211.02
top 6.4%2,481 / 28,153

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

Asian Championship 2016: 16.64Tianjin Open 2016: 16.28Beijing Open 2018: 10.45Beijing Summer 2018: 9.629.6216.641 Oct 201629 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.