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Zhiwei Zhao (赵志伟)

3×3 one-handed · top 15.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014ZHAO04

Zhiwei Zhao (赵志伟) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.30, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,570th in China. Across 5 competitions since April 2014, he has put 118 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zhiwei has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 15.9% of 73,695 all-time
18.30
signature single · Xi'an Open 2016
118
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed18.3020.71
top 15.9%1,570 / 5,922
3×313.9914.55
top 20.9%8,086 / 28,153
2×23.855.71
top 24.6%4,130 / 15,796
4×459.901:05.52
top 36.4%3,581 / 5,926
Pyraminx10.0515.16
top 53.4%5,568 / 10,224

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

Shandong Spring Open 2014: 14.94Linyi Open 2016: 13.99Xi'an Open 2016: 14.47Asian Championship 2016: 14.48Zibo Open 2018: 14.1113.9914.9413 Apr 20141 Dec 2018

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 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.