People · China
Ziwen Zhou (周子文)
2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019ZHOU82
Ziwen Zhou (周子文) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Kunshan Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,748th in China. Across 5 competitions since December 2019, he has put 66 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in December 2019 to 12.19, a 17% improvement. Ziwen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 6.04 | top 11.4% | 1,748 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.19 | 14.65 | top 14.6% | 5,734 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 7.33 | 11.82 | top 36.2% | 2,184 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.69 | 1:09.95 | top 39.3% | 3,819 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.76 | 10.29 | top 42.8% | 4,574 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,403 / 5,922 | |
| Clock | 22.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,519 / 1,843 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Dec 2019First competition: Wuxi Winter 2019. A 14.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Afternoon 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Side Events 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Hangzhou Open AM 2021 · 18 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Winter 2019 · 8 Dec 2019
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.
- Yi-Xiang Hu (胡翊翔) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Po-Ling Lin (林柏伶) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.