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Zongyi Xu (许宗弈)

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021XUZO01

Zongyi Xu (许宗弈) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Shenzhen Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,954th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since May 2021, he has put 28 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in May 2021 to 10.04, a 31% improvement. Zongyi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.04
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2023
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.0412.28
top 7.6%2,954 / 28,153
2×23.174.69
top 16.3%2,609 / 15,796
Pyraminx10.4413.26
top 56.4%5,861 / 10,224
5×52:27.08
early days — 2 solves2,464 / 2,816
4×41:33.83
early days — 1 solve5,263 / 5,926

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

Guangdong Open 2021: 14.56Shenzhen Open 2023: 10.0410.0414.561 May 202124 Dec 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.