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Zitao Chen (陈梓涛)

3×3 · top 32.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018CHEZ09

Zitao Chen (陈梓涛) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.32, set at Jieyang Winter 2020, puts him in the top 32.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,632nd in China. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.93 in August 2018 to 17.32, a 28% improvement. Zitao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.32
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2020
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.3223.41
top 32.0%11,632 / 28,153
2×25.637.13
top 46.8%8,039 / 15,796

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

Jieyang Open 2018: 23.93Jieyang Winter 2020: 17.32Jieyang Good Afternoon 2021: 19.1817.3223.9312 Aug 201831 Jan 2021

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.32 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.