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Zhihao Zhu (朱智浩)

3×3 · top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009ZHUZ01

Zhihao Zhu (朱智浩) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.18, set at Hangzhou Open 2010, puts him in the top 31.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,488th in China. Across 2 competitions since August 2009, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.97 in August 2009 to 17.18, a 22% improvement. Zhihao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 31.6% of 284,439 all-time
17.18
signature single · Hangzhou Open 2010
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.1822.73
top 31.6%11,488 / 28,153
4×459.771:07.42
top 36.2%3,566 / 5,926
2×26.868.60
top 59.3%9,996 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed1:01.15
early days — 1 solve5,791 / 5,922

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

Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 21.97Hangzhou Open 2010: 17.1817.1821.979 Aug 200931 Jan 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 9.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.