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Zhijian Wang (王志坚)

2×2 · top 0.62% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017WANZ07

Zhijian Wang (王志坚) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.03, set at Changsha Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 61st in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2017, he has put 274 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.65 in August 2017 to 9.40, a 36% improvement. Zhijian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.62% of 186,767 all-time
1.03
signature single · Changsha Autumn 2019
274
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.033.61
top 0.62%61 / 15,796
3×39.4011.95
top 5.8%2,251 / 28,153
Skewb4.167.06
top 12.0%714 / 5,004
Pyraminx4.827.58
top 12.1%1,450 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed18.6821.35
top 16.9%1,675 / 5,922
4×447.5951.73
top 21.6%2,330 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:29.451:46.30
top 22.9%315 / 1,183
5×51:29.481:34.80
top 26.8%1,242 / 2,816
Megaminx1:29.201:42.08
top 27.7%845 / 1,678
Square-120.0430.99
top 28.1%477 / 1,362
6×62:56.813:06.88
early days — 3 solves798 / 1,349
7×74:26.494:31.28
top 39.9%752 / 1,261

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 14.65Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 12.62WHUT Open 2018: 11.08Changsha Spring Open 2019: 10.87Hengyang Open 2019: 10.72Changsha Autumn 2019: 10.49Nanchang Winter 2019: 9.409.4014.6520 Aug 201721 Dec 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.