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Hangwei Yu (禹航伟)

Square-1 · top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YUHA05

Hangwei Yu (禹航伟) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in China. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 106 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 22.08 in December 2017 to 8.70, a 61% improvement. Hangwei has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time
8.70
signature single · Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019
106
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Square-18.7010.40
top 4.0%51 / 1,362
Skewb4.236.06
top 12.5%752 / 5,004
3×312.1414.29
top 14.4%5,664 / 28,153
Pyraminx5.9610.29
top 19.7%2,251 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed20.3824.53
top 21.5%2,139 / 5,922
Clock9.8210.29
top 24.2%544 / 1,843
4×41:00.71
early days — 2 solves3,656 / 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

Shenzhen Open 2017: 22.08Shenzhen Open 2018: 11.32Special Puzzles in Guangzhou 2019: 8.70Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.24Shenzhen Open 2019: 10.37Guangzhou Good Afternoon 2020: 12.01Shenzhen Nanshan Afternoon 2021: 9.048.7022.083 Dec 201728 Mar 2021

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.