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Zhichao Huang (黄智超)

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010HUAN16

Zhichao Huang (黄智超) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.83, set at Wuhan Open 2012, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,252nd in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2010, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.25 in November 2010 to 11.83, an 11% improvement. Zhichao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.83
signature single · Wuhan Open 2012
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8313.77
top 13.3%5,252 / 28,153
2×23.537.67
top 20.6%3,381 / 15,796
4×455.941:05.91
top 31.9%3,214 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed38.0945.19
top 62.5%5,004 / 5,922
Pyraminx11.3112.87
top 62.7%6,394 / 10,224
3×3 blindfolded5:19.81
early days — 1 solve1,098 / 1,183
Square-11:01.681:16.36
top 84.6%1,292 / 1,362

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

Wuhan Open 2010: 13.25Wuhan Open 2012: 11.83Zhengzhou Spring Open 2013: 11.9711.8313.2514 Nov 201030 Apr 2013

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.