Table 1. World and Chinese elite male players ranking—time characteristics.
Age | Age start training (years) |
Age start ranking (years) |
Time to top 100 (months) | Age to top 100(years) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Top 10 | 25.9±5.43 | 4.3±1.89 | 16.5±1.18 | 21±11.27 | 18.4±1.17 |
Top 100 | 26.72±4.27 | 5.05±1.80 | 18.07±1.59 | 44.17±25.03 | 21.78±2.94 |
Zhang Zhizhen (97th) | 26 | 4 | 18 | 86 | 26 |
Wu Yibing (112th) | 23 | 6 | 17 | / | / |
Shang Jun cheng (202nd) | 17 | 5 | 17 | / | / |