People · China
Zhixian Zhang (张郅贤)
Clock · top 5.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ZHAZ01
Zhixian Zhang (张郅贤) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.24, set at Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in China. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2024, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. His Clock best has come down from 6.79 in August 2024 to 5.24, a 23% improvement. Zhixian has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.24 | 5.56 | top 5.1% | 94 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 | 14.93 | 17.23 | top 24.2% | 9,160 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,561 / 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
Best single per competition, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Xi'an Open 2024. A 14.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Big n Blind n Clock Xianju 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
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.
- Zhedong Wang (王哲栋) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zhiyuan Ma (马之元) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yifan Wang (王逸帆) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.