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Zhou Fang (方舟)

3×3 · top 38.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018FANG05

Zhou Fang (方舟) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.41, set at Chengdu Open 2019, puts him in the top 38.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,318th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 39 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.66 in April 2018 to 19.41, a 39% improvement. Zhou has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 38.3% of 284,439 all-time
19.41
signature single · Chengdu Open 2019
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×319.4127.54
top 38.3%13,318 / 28,153
2×25.6710.42
top 47.3%8,112 / 15,796
Pyraminx18.7121.19
top 91.1%9,021 / 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

Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018: 31.66Beijing Open 2018: 25.59Beijing Winter 2018: 28.57Chengdu Open 2019: 19.4119.4131.666 Apr 20181 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.41 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.