People · China
Zhiwu Jiang (姜智午)
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016JIAN22
Zhiwu Jiang (姜智午) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.37, set at Xi'an New Year 2020, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 593rd in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2016, he has put 379 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 4.36 in August 2016 to 3.37, a 23% improvement. Zhiwu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 4.59 | top 5.0% | 593 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 5.98 | top 7.6% | 433 / 5,004 | |
| Square-1 | 15.51 | 23.41 | top 17.5% | 273 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 13.04 | 15.87 | top 17.6% | 6,872 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.60 | 1:29.48 | top 17.8% | 536 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 9.39 | 10.84 | top 21.9% | 481 / 1,843 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.83 | top 23.2% | 3,860 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.85 | 28.22 | top 28.4% | 2,767 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 56.17 | 1:09.48 | top 32.2% | 3,239 / 5,926 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2020.
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Baoji Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Baoji Open 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.58 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017.
Competitions
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom Special 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Yujia Wu (吴语嘉) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 16 times · head to head
- Haonan Su (苏浩楠) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.