People · China
Zihan Wang (王子涵)
Square-1 · top 6.3% of 25,272 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016WANG81
Zihan Wang (王子涵) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in China. Until August 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2016, he has put 205 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in June 2016 to 10.90, a 40% improvement. Zihan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.13 | 16.10 | top 6.3% | 90 / 1,362 | |
| 4×4 | 37.07 | 44.31 | top 8.8% | 905 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.48 | 5.98 | top 10.1% | 1,200 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 10.90 | 13.14 | top 10.2% | 3,983 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 6.87 | top 17.8% | 1,107 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.26 | 1:42.51 | top 28.3% | 855 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.46 | 1:41.76 | top 28.5% | 1,302 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 2:55.41 | 3:14.12 | top 38.8% | 785 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 5.08 | 5.81 | top 40.3% | 6,975 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.08 | 30.19 | top 42.1% | 3,833 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 13.99 | 17.87 | top 43.8% | 1,034 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 49.67 | early days — 3 solves | 610 / 1,058 | |
| 7×7 | 5:06.62 | 5:08.60 | early days — 3 solves | 915 / 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
- 7 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2019.
- 8 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Linfen Open 2018.
- 15 Oct 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Taiyuan Autumn 2017.
- 5 Jun 2016First competition: Taiyuan Open 2016. A 18.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiyuan Winter 2019 · 22 Dec 2019
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Linfen Open 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Winter 2018 · 22 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Linfen Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Autumn 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 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.
- Yunzhou Zhu (朱云舟) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Yongzhe Mao (毛勇喆) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.