People · China
Zongyan Shen (沈宗谚)
3×3 · top 33.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014SHEN08
Zongyan Shen (沈宗谚) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.63, set at Jinhua New Year's Day 2018, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,903rd in China. Across 9 competitions since May 2014, he has put 128 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.60 in May 2014 to 17.63, a 55% improvement. Zongyan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 17.63 | 20.24 | top 33.0% | 11,903 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 6.94 | top 33.2% | 5,696 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.72 | 11.79 | top 50.8% | 5,340 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.10 | — | top 53.5% | 4,703 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 11.38 | 14.46 | top 62.9% | 3,416 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.60 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,047 / 5,922 |
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
- 10 Jun 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.17 at ZUST Open 2017.
- 6 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Jinhua Open 2016.
- 8 Aug 2015Four personal bests in one day at Wuxi Open 2015.
- 29 Nov 2014First sub-30 3×3: 25.90 at Hangzhou Winter Open 2014.
- 24 May 2014First competition: Zhejiang University Open 2014. A 39.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Jinhua New Year's Day 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter Open 2014 · 29 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Feiyang Shen (沈飞飏) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.