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Zhiyong Sun (孙志勇)

Pyraminx · top 7.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015SUNZ02

Zhiyong Sun (孙志勇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.91, set at Qingdao Spring 2019, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 856th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2015, he has put 234 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.90 in November 2015 to 12.26, a 12% improvement. Zhiyong has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.2% of 129,321 all-time
3.91
signature single · Qingdao Spring 2019
234
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.917.20
top 7.2%856 / 10,224
Megaminx56.391:04.30
top 8.1%192 / 1,678
3×312.2614.26
top 14.8%5,822 / 28,153
Skewb4.908.19
top 17.4%1,084 / 5,004
4×445.5855.07
top 19.0%2,070 / 5,926
2×23.965.94
top 26.0%4,381 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed23.8228.79
top 31.0%3,000 / 5,922
Square-123.5535.60
top 35.9%600 / 1,362
5×51:41.142:01.39
top 36.2%1,632 / 2,816
7×74:33.444:45.79
early days — 3 solves787 / 1,261

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

Zibo Open 2015: 13.90Qingdao Open 2016: 13.83Linyi Open 2016: 12.53Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 13.87Jinan Open 2017: 12.59Qingdao Spring 2019: 13.45Xuzhou Spring 2019: 12.2612.2613.9015 Nov 20151 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 6.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.