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Zhiwen Duan (段智文)

3×3 · top 71.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018DUAN08

Zhiwen Duan (段智文) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.89, set at Kunming Open 2019, puts him in the top 71.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,041st in China. Across 2 competitions since October 2018, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.55 in October 2018 to 35.89, a 19% improvement. Zhiwen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 71.7% of 284,439 all-time
35.89
signature single · Kunming Open 2019
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×335.8948.85
top 71.7%21,041 / 28,153
2×212.5316.52
top 85.8%13,698 / 15,796
Pyraminx18.3222.22
top 90.4%8,951 / 10,224
Skewb20.9031.77
top 91.0%4,471 / 5,004

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

Yunnan Open 2018: 44.55Kunming Open 2019: 35.8935.8944.556 Oct 201826 May 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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.89 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.