People · China
Fuwei Chu (褚福崴)
2×2 · top 7.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017CHUF01
Fuwei Chu (褚福崴) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Hangzhou Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,017th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2017, he has put 204 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.19 in June 2017 to 9.92, a 39% improvement. Fuwei 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.97 | top 7.1% | 1,017 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 11.00 | top 7.3% | 2,885 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 40.73 | 43.99 | top 13.0% | 1,438 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.06 | 10.06 | top 13.5% | 1,626 / 10,269 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.54 | 31.24 | top 19.3% | 1,973 / 5,994 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 41.67 | top 41.0% | 466 / 1,071 | |
| Skewb | 8.12 | 14.02 | top 42.3% | 2,507 / 5,030 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,119 / 2,857 |
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 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Open 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at HDU Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at Yangzhou Open 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017First competition: ZUST Open 2017. A 16.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- HDU Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Lukas Shelley — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xinjie Shi (施鑫杰) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yu Zhou (周煜) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.