People · China
Zichen Zhao (赵子辰)
3×3 · top 12.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016ZHAO53
Zichen Zhao (赵子辰) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.65, set at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,008th in China. Across 9 competitions since October 2016, he has put 156 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.91 in October 2016 to 11.65, a 38% improvement. Zichen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.65 | 14.19 | top 12.7% | 5,008 / 28,153 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.05 | 1:20.13 | top 12.7% | 347 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.88 | 26.09 | top 22.9% | 2,275 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.18 | 1:49.51 | top 34.7% | 1,567 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 4.82 | 6.65 | top 37.0% | 6,375 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.03 | 1:06.09 | top 38.7% | 3,768 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 26.52 | 36.62 | top 42.5% | 731 / 1,362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 44.33 | top 48.3% | 560 / 1,058 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.84 | 16.09 | top 72.1% | 7,217 / 10,224 | |
| 7×7 | 6:30.92 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,130 / 1,261 |
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 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Peking University Spring 2019.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Beijing Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.65 at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 18.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Peking University Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait FMC 2018 · 4 Aug 2018
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Sheng Cao (曹晟) — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Linxiao Xu (徐林霄) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xiang Meng (孟响) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 5.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.