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Zhichen Zhao (赵智宸)

3×3 · top 66.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ZHAO12

Zhichen Zhao (赵智宸) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.35, set at Linfen Open 2019, puts him in the top 66.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,849th in China. Across 4 competitions since May 2017, he has put 23 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.02 in May 2017 to 32.35, a 28% improvement. Zhichen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 66.5% of 284,439 all-time
32.35
signature single · Linfen Open 2019
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×332.3540.01
top 66.5%19,849 / 28,153
2×29.6611.83
top 76.6%12,412 / 15,796

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

Taiyuan Open 2017: 45.02China Championship 2017: 40.92Linfen Open 2018: 32.66Linfen Open 2019: 32.3532.3545.027 May 20177 Jul 2019

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.35 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.