People · China
Zhongyu Zheng (郑仲宇)
Megaminx · top 0.47% of 34,786 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ZHEN43
Zhongyu Zheng (郑仲宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 33.20, set at Fuzhou Special 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in China. Until December 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2017, he has put 315 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.00 in October 2017 to 8.37, a 44% improvement. Zhongyu 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 33.20 | 38.02 | top 0.47% | 9 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 10.58 | top 3.5% | 1,296 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.69 | top 3.9% | 517 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.50 | 18.53 | top 9.1% | 872 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 42.12 | 49.58 | top 14.7% | 1,584 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 10.02 | top 24.6% | 2,796 / 10,224 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.57 at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First competition: China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017. A 15.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Meizhou Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019
- Shantou Open 2018 · 28 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Jieyang Open 2018 · 12 Aug 2018
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhangzhou Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Weijie Fang (方伟杰) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Yunliang Zhang (张赟量) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 3.20 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.