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Zimin Deng (邓子敏)

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015DENG06

Zimin Deng (邓子敏) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,475th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2015, he has put 105 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.36 in July 2015 to 9.61, a 50% improvement. Zimin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.61
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
105
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6112.59
top 6.4%2,475 / 28,153
4×443.2747.74
top 16.1%1,749 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed20.6129.84
top 22.2%2,205 / 5,922
2×25.267.37
top 42.5%7,339 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.8414.68
top 59.3%6,124 / 10,224

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

Yangjiang Open 2015: 19.36GDSY Open 2017: 16.08Maoming Open 2017: 14.71Zhanjiang Open 2017: 10.82Zhanjiang Open 2018: 11.16Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.619.6119.3623 Jul 201524 Aug 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 1.61 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.