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Zongwen Mu (牟宗文)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015MUZO01

Zongwen Mu (牟宗文) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.92, set at Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 148th in China. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2015, he has put 643 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 14.93 in October 2015 to 10.92, a 27% improvement. Zongwen has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time
10.92
signature single · Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018
643
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed10.9215.11
top 1.8%148 / 5,922
2×21.753.81
top 3.3%432 / 15,796
3×38.5410.99
top 3.8%1,447 / 28,153
4×435.8839.94
top 7.6%774 / 5,926
Pyraminx4.468.21
top 10.0%1,188 / 10,224
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.33
early days — 3 solves148 / 1,058
5×51:20.611:28.48
top 19.6%930 / 2,816
Megaminx1:18.041:26.72
top 20.5%617 / 1,678
3×3 blindfolded1:26.641:36.99
top 21.9%301 / 1,183
Skewb6.309.30
top 28.1%1,735 / 5,004
4×4 blindfolded6:04.66—
early days — 2 solves54 / 149
6×62:43.602:51.12
top 32.8%698 / 1,349
7×74:08.754:21.27
top 33.9%657 / 1,261
Square-126.4632.29
top 42.3%729 / 1,362
Clock14.6116.17
top 46.4%1,095 / 1,843
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 9:29—
early days — 1 solve135 / 278
5×5 blindfolded19:33.00—
early days — 1 solve61 / 95

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

Nanjing Autumn 2015: 14.93Asian Championship 2016: 15.19Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 16.10Shanghai Spring 2017: 15.64Chengdu Open 2017: 14.36China Championship 2017: 14.67Inner Mongolia Summer 2017: 14.41Suzhou Open 2017: 16.68China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 14.17Nanjing Autumn 2017: 14.10Hangzhou Spring 2018: 14.06Kunshan Open 2018: 14.19Nanchang Summer Is Coming 2018: 13.76Nanchang Medium & Small Cubes 2018: 10.92Beijing Summer 2018: 12.94Nanjing Autumn 2018: 12.70Wuhu Open 2018: 13.48Weihai Open 2019: 13.97Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 12.3310.9216.6824 Oct 20155 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.