People · China
Zhoupeng Yang (杨周澎)
Square-1 · top 2.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017YANG03
Zhoupeng Yang (杨周澎) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in China. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2017, he has put 305 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.12 in January 2017 to 9.42, a 22% improvement. Zhoupeng has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.57 | 10.78 | top 2.4% | 33 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 10.95 | top 5.9% | 2,272 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 3.76 | top 10.1% | 1,532 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.35 | 25.44 | top 24.1% | 2,392 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 51.15 | 57.00 | top 26.1% | 2,767 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 6.52 | 7.75 | top 29.9% | 1,841 / 5,004 |
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 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Open 2018.
- 3 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Shenzhen Open 2017.
- 1 Jan 2017First competition: Shenzhen New Year 2017. A 14.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shantou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen New Year 2017 · 1 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Chan Tak Chuen (陳德泉) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Yunhao Lou (娄云皓) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.