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Zihan Zhang (张子涵)

3×3 · top 0.57% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ZHAN85

Zihan Zhang (张子涵) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.13, set at Milwaukee First 2022, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since November 2015, he has put 1,299 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.55 in November 2015 to 6.13, a 51% improvement. Zihan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.57% of 284,439 all-time
6.13
signature single · Milwaukee First 2022
1,299
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×36.138.45
top 0.57%210 / 28,153
4×426.8430.19
top 1.3%124 / 5,926
Pyraminx2.423.26
top 2.0%237 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed11.4814.94
top 2.4%199 / 5,922
5×552.6457.55
top 2.5%105 / 2,816
2×22.303.39
top 7.0%1,000 / 15,796
Clock6.478.24
top 9.0%193 / 1,843
6×61:55.612:04.59
top 9.3%204 / 1,349
Skewb4.0411.31
top 11.2%661 / 5,004
7×73:10.523:16.75
top 13.5%268 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve774 / 1,058

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

Zibo Open 2015: 12.55Qingdao Open 2016: 11.40Linyi Open 2016: 10.70Asian Championship 2016: 8.50Zibo Open 2016: 9.12Weifang Winter 2016: 10.10Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 9.04China Championship 2017: 8.78Jinan Open 2017: 8.03Qingdao Open 2018: 8.76Weihai Open 2018: 9.37Weihai Open 2019: 8.47Huzhou Open 2019: 8.96China Championship 2019: 8.32Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.65Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021: 8.13Beijing Spring AM 2021: 8.33Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 8.29Guangdong Open 2021: 7.10Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 7.86Milwaukee First 2022: 6.13Get to the Point 2022: 7.31OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 7.806.1312.5515 Nov 20158 Jul 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.