People · China
Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016ZHAZ02
Zonghao Zhang (张宗灏) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,196th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2016, he has put 280 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.63 in August 2016 to 8.24, a 22% improvement. Zonghao has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.00 | top 3.2% | 1,196 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 32.21 | 40.67 | top 4.3% | 422 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.74 | 21.16 | top 11.9% | 1,172 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.38 | 1:24.13 | top 14.8% | 720 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.64 | top 18.9% | 3,083 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 4:09.69 | 4:34.46 | early days — 3 solves | 664 / 1,261 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 8.61 | top 38.2% | 2,274 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.64 | 11.50 | top 41.7% | 4,477 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.24 at Asian Championship 2016.
- 1 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 7 Aug 2016First competition: Linyi Open 2016. A 10.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shandong Open 2019 · 4 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer 2018 · 29 Jul 2018
- Qingdao Open 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Linyi Open 2016 · 7 Aug 2016
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.
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zhiyuan Zhang (张智渊) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Fazhen Wu (吴法臻) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.