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Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊)

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAZ01

Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at Qingdao Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,582nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2016, he has put 637 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.41 in August 2016 to 8.69, a 40% improvement. Zhiyuan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.69
signature single · Qingdao Open 2018
637
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×38.6910.69
top 4.2%1,582 / 28,153
Pyraminx3.254.72
top 4.5%545 / 10,224
Skewb2.914.67
top 4.6%250 / 5,004
2×22.113.22
top 5.5%770 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed17.3920.57
top 13.6%1,344 / 5,922
4×441.8247.27
top 14.3%1,540 / 5,926
Square-114.4419.83
top 15.1%228 / 1,362
Megaminx1:10.701:15.24
top 16.0%472 / 1,678
5×51:17.911:26.76
top 17.5%846 / 2,816
Clock10.5311.89
top 27.6%644 / 1,843
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves42.33
top 37.3%409 / 1,058
6×63:01.553:11.62
top 41.8%824 / 1,349
7×74:39.685:12.01
top 44.4%817 / 1,261
3×3 blindfolded4:07.87
early days — 1 solve959 / 1,183

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

Linyi Open 2016: 14.41Asian Championship 2016: 12.51Zibo Open 2016: 11.43Weifang Winter 2016: 12.16Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 11.50Weihai Open 2017: 10.04Wuhan NxN Open 2017: 10.33Yangzhou Open 2017: 9.81Hefei Open 2017: 9.59Jinan Open 2017: 10.42Zibo Open 2017: 9.08Qingdao Open 2018: 8.698.6914.417 Aug 201625 Mar 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.