People · China
Zheyu Zhang (张哲宇)
Skewb · top 3.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018ZHAZ06
Zheyu Zhang (张哲宇) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Kunshan Side Events 2021, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 158th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2018, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.55 in June 2018 to 11.80, a 24% improvement. Zheyu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.53 | 4.45 | top 3.0% | 158 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 51.36 | 56.09 | top 5.7% | 130 / 1,678 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 5.14 | top 8.1% | 970 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 11.80 | 12.22 | top 13.2% | 5,209 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.48 | 51.01 | top 20.1% | 2,172 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 4.57 | top 26.9% | 4,551 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.79 | 1:43.68 | top 30.5% | 1,384 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 16.98 | 18.98 | top 55.4% | 1,279 / 1,843 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2019.
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: SJTU Open 2018. A 15.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Open 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Open 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhu Open 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
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.
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Xintian Wang (王欣天) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.