People · China
Hansheng Xu (徐菡声)
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017XUHA02
Hansheng Xu (徐菡声) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Yancheng Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 287th in China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2017, he has put 566 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.03 in April 2017 to 7.93, a 43% improvement. Hansheng has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 1.57 | 2.93 | top 2.5% | 287 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 7.93 | 10.67 | top 2.7% | 962 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 34.40 | 38.22 | top 6.2% | 624 / 5,926 | |
| Clock | 5.78 | 6.72 | top 6.5% | 128 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.48 | 5.80 | top 10.1% | 1,200 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.13 | 23.26 | top 18.2% | 1,810 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 5.88 | 8.58 | top 24.8% | 1,540 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.32 | 1:48.44 | top 29.2% | 1,322 / 2,816 |
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
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 19 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanjing Autumn 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
Competitions
- Yancheng Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Autumn 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- SJTU Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Changshu Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUST Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lukas Shelley — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zheng Chen (陈政) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.