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Zihan Zheng (郑子涵)

3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ZHEN33

Zihan Zheng (郑子涵) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.87, set at Xi'an New Year 2020, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,304th in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.67 in August 2017 to 11.87, a 40% improvement. Zihan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.87
signature single · Xi'an New Year 2020
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.8715.60
top 13.5%5,304 / 28,153
2×23.365.21
top 18.5%3,016 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.1518.64
top 46.1%4,901 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed47.87
early days — 1 solve5,527 / 5,922

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

Yangzhou Open 2017: 19.67Hefei Open 2017: 17.14Hefei Summer 2018: 14.59Xi'an New Year 2020: 11.8711.8719.6720 Aug 20171 Jan 2020

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.