People · China
Zhihuang Chen (陈志煌)
3×3 blindfolded · top 5.1% of 12,334 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013CHEN46
Zhihuang Chen (陈志煌) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 33.38, set at Xiamen Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in China. Until February 2010, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2013, he has put 422 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.17 in July 2013 to 10.97, a 62% improvement. Zhihuang has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 33.38 | 47.32 | top 5.1% | 88 / 1,184 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.61 | top 8.5% | 1,264 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 10.97 | 12.94 | top 10.4% | 4,161 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 7.73 | top 14.8% | 1,764 / 10,269 | |
| 4×4 | 49.45 | 53.61 | top 24.1% | 2,602 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 54:01 | — | top 24.1% | 64 / 279 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.12 | 28.62 | top 26.5% | 2,648 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 44.00 | top 48.5% | 571 / 1,071 |
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
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 24 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at Fuzhou Open 2015.
- 1 May 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 1 May 2014Five personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 20 Sep 2013First sub-20 3×3: 16.04 at Xiamen Open 2013.
- 27 Jul 2013First competition: Hefei Open 2013. A 29.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019
- Xiamen Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- Fuzhou Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- Xiamen Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2015 · 24 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Fuzhou Open 2014 · 11 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Fuzhou Open 2013 · 15 Dec 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Xiamen Open 2013 · 20 Sep 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 Jul 2013
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Zheng Lin (林铮) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Feilong Tang (唐飞龙) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 511 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.