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Zhile Dong (董智乐)

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019DONG04

Zhile Dong (董智乐) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at Guangdong Open 2021, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,699th in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 60 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.92 in March 2019 to 9.81, a 42% improvement. Zhile has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.81
signature single · Guangdong Open 2021
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.8113.03
top 6.9%2,699 / 28,153
4×440.7644.92
top 13.0%1,410 / 5,926
2×22.935.51
top 13.4%2,096 / 15,796
Pyraminx7.409.80
top 31.1%3,430 / 10,224
5×52:15.07
early days — 1 solve2,316 / 2,816
3×3 one-handed38.97
early days — 2 solves5,076 / 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

GDSY Open 2019: 16.92China Championship 2019: 13.50Guangdong Open 2021: 9.819.8116.9223 Mar 20191 May 2021

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.