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Zihan Mu (穆子晗)

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016MUZI01

Zihan Mu (穆子晗) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Shanghai Winter 2018, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,809th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2016, he has put 643 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.26 in October 2016 to 9.91, a 25% improvement. Zihan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · Shanghai Winter 2018
643
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.9111.86
top 7.2%2,809 / 28,153
2×22.503.95
top 8.9%1,312 / 15,796
Skewb3.745.20
top 9.2%537 / 5,004
4×437.7745.02
top 9.5%1,008 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed15.9921.86
top 10.2%992 / 5,922
Pyraminx4.555.83
top 10.5%1,249 / 10,224
5×51:25.281:32.48
top 23.5%1,118 / 2,816
Megaminx1:23.011:28.61
top 23.7%723 / 1,678
6×62:29.862:37.22
top 25.5%548 / 1,349
7×73:46.283:56.49
top 25.8%519 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.33
top 33.6%369 / 1,058
Clock13.0713.91
top 39.9%958 / 1,843
Square-126.7331.32
top 42.9%738 / 1,362

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

Asian Championship 2016: 13.26Tangshan Open 2017: 11.59China Championship 2017: 11.65Wuxi Open 2017: 11.78Beijing Ten Years Open 2017: 11.55Shanghai Winter 2018: 9.91Beijing Open 2018: 11.06Tangshan Open 2018: 11.22Linfen Open 2018: 12.30Beijing Summer 2018: 11.66China Championship 2018: 12.24Xuzhou Winter 2018: 13.04Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 11.34Tangshan Open 2019: 11.59Tianjin Autumn 2019: 12.529.9113.261 Oct 201620 Oct 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.