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Zhongzheng Gu (谷钟正)

2×2 · top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016GUZH01

Zhongzheng Gu (谷钟正) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Tangshan Open 2016, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,411th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2016, he has put 57 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.85 in May 2016 to 13.13, a 12% improvement. Zhongzheng has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.08
signature single · Tangshan Open 2016
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.084.44
top 15.2%2,411 / 15,796
3×313.1314.78
top 17.9%7,003 / 28,153
4×41:23.87
early days — 2 solves4,981 / 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

Tangshan Open 2016: 14.85Asian Championship 2016: 13.14China Championship 2017: 13.1313.1314.858 May 201628 Jul 2017

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 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.