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Zichen Zhao (赵子辰)

3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016ZHAO33

Zichen Zhao (赵子辰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.09, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,202nd in China. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 86 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.18 in July 2016 to 11.09, a 16% improvement. Zichen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.09
signature single · Asian Championship 2016
86
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.0913.03
top 10.8%4,202 / 28,153
4×446.9856.07
top 20.8%2,241 / 5,926
2×23.706.21
top 22.7%3,743 / 15,796

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

Suzhou Open 2016: 13.18Nanchang Open 2016: 12.49Hefei Open 2016: 11.83Asian Championship 2016: 11.09Hefei Open 2017: 11.1811.0913.182 Jul 20165 Oct 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 2 Jul 2016First competition: Suzhou Open 2016. A 13.27 3×3 single to start from.

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.