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Zidong Cheng (程紫东)

3×3 · top 22.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016CHEN45

Zidong Cheng (程紫东) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.32, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018, puts her in the top 22.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,464th in China. Across 26 competitions since May 2016, she has put 257 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 26.18 in May 2016 to 14.32, a 45% improvement. Zidong has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.1% of 284,439 all-time
14.32
signature single · Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018
257
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×314.3218.13
top 22.1%8,464 / 28,153
4×41:00.621:11.04
top 37.1%3,647 / 5,926
Skewb8.1610.49
top 42.5%2,505 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed42.01
top 68.1%5,244 / 5,922
5×52:44.43
early days — 3 solves2,595 / 2,816
Pyraminx13.2020.21
top 73.9%7,375 / 10,224
Clock28.60
early days — 1 solve1,683 / 1,843

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

Weihai Open 2016: 26.18Xi'an Open 2016: 21.34Asian Championship 2016: 20.36Weifang Winter 2016: 19.35Xi'an New Year 2017: 16.25Dongguan Open 2017: 16.44GDSY Open 2017: 17.37Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 17.85Guangzhou SCUT 2017: 16.39Fuzhou Open 2017: 16.80Beijing Open 2017: 18.05China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 20.13Zhongshan Open 2017: 16.20Shenzhen Open 2017: 16.62Yangjiang Open 2018: 16.14Dongguan Open 2018: 16.63GDSY Open 2018: 20.33Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 14.32Guangdong Open 2018: 17.83Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018: 16.01Guilin Open 2018: 16.94Huizhou Open 2018: 15.87Shenzhen Open 2018: 20.34Shantou Open 2018: 17.67Hong Kong Cube Day 2019: 20.8414.3226.1815 May 201626 Jan 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as she improves.