People · China
An Hu (胡安)
4×4 · top 3.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014HUAN07
An Hu (胡安) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.62, set at Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 323rd in China. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since May 2014, he has put 921 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in May 2014 to 8.57, a 43% improvement. An has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.62 | 40.13 | top 3.2% | 323 / 5,926 | |
| 7×7 | 2:27.05 | 2:33.17 | top 3.3% | 62 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.46 | 15.40 | top 3.6% | 315 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 10.63 | top 3.9% | 1,469 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:39.34 | 1:45.53 | top 3.9% | 73 / 1,349 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.37 | 1:05.30 | top 6.3% | 300 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 5.26 | top 19.4% | 3,193 / 15,796 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.24 | 1:37.13 | top 25.8% | 794 / 1,678 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:41.36 | 3:23.07 | top 46.8% | 660 / 1,183 | |
| Square-1 | 34.71 | 40.14 | top 57.9% | 984 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 20.23 | 23.21 | top 65.3% | 1,443 / 1,843 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024.
- 21 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at WIT Open 2018.
- 21 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at WIT Open 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Six personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
Competitions
- Huanggang Open 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Youth Open 2023 · 26 Nov 2023
- IUKL SOR 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023 · 26 May 2023
- Guangdong Open 2021 · 1 May 2021
- Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Good Afternoon 2021 · 9 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Good Morning 2020 · 15 Nov 2020
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019 · 27 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
- ZHBIT Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2015 · 2 Jan 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Wong Kin Lok (黃健樂) — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 27.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.