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Ziru Wu (武子入)

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016WUZI03

Ziru Wu (武子入) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Taiyuan Winter 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 994th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2016, he has put 170 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in August 2016 to 7.98, a 37% improvement. Ziru has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.98
signature single · Taiyuan Winter 2018
170
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.989.80
top 2.8%994 / 28,153
4×435.9237.87
top 7.6%780 / 5,926
5×51:34.111:40.62
top 30.8%1,393 / 2,816
2×24.646.81
top 34.7%5,965 / 15,796
Pyraminx15.7218.18
top 84.3%8,316 / 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

Xi'an Open 2016: 12.65Asian Championship 2016: 13.17Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 10.52Taiyuan Open 2017: 10.28China Championship 2017: 8.47Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 9.44Taiyuan Winter 2018: 7.98Taiyuan Winter 2019: 8.087.9813.1713 Aug 201622 Dec 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.