People · China
Zhou Zheng (郑洲)
2×2 · top 17.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014ZHEN08
Zhou Zheng (郑洲) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.23, set at PoliMi Open 2016, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,726th in China. Across 13 competitions since September 2014, he has put 294 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.09 in September 2014 to 14.03, a 39% improvement. Zhou has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.23 | 6.42 | top 17.0% | 2,726 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 14.03 | 16.04 | top 21.1% | 8,135 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.28 | 1:07.54 | top 36.7% | 3,613 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 8.15 | 12.80 | top 42.4% | 2,500 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.22 | 36.16 | top 47.1% | 4,150 / 5,922 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 11.72 | top 49.9% | 5,243 / 10,224 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.12 | — | top 60.6% | 2,383 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 6:53.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,344 / 1,349 |
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
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Big CubingItaly 2018.
- 3 Dec 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at PoliMi Open 2016.
- 3 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at PoliMi Open 2016.
- 19 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Milan Cube Days 2015.
- 29 Mar 2015Four personal bests in one day at Topkek Rubik's Open 2015.
- 13 Dec 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.69 at PoliMi Italian Open 2014.
Competitions
- Big CubingItaly 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- PoliMi Op3n 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Milan Cube Day 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- PoliMi Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Italian Championship 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Milan Summer Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Italian Open 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Milan Cube Days 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- PoliMi Open 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Topkek Rubik's Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Milan Winter Open 2015 · 4 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- PoliMi Italian Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Desio Rubik's Ace 2014 · 14 Sep 2014
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.
- Marco Rota — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead once
- Matteo Colombo — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Matteo Provasi — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.