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Ziyuan Zhai (翟咨源)

2×2 · top 44.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017ZHAI04

Ziyuan Zhai (翟咨源) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.44, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018, puts him in the top 44.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,681st in China. Across 3 competitions since November 2017, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.27 in November 2017 to 26.16, a 26% improvement. Ziyuan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 44.6% of 186,767 all-time
5.44
signature single · Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×25.4410.80
top 44.6%7,681 / 15,796
Pyraminx9.6414.99
top 50.2%5,276 / 10,224
3×326.1637.37
top 55.1%17,252 / 28,153

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

Zhongshan Open 2017: 35.27Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 29.92ZHBIT Open 2018: 26.1626.1635.274 Nov 201720 May 2018

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.