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Haochuan Wang (王浩川)

2×2 · top 7.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013WANG27

Haochuan Wang (王浩川) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at Newmarket Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,077th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2013, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.84 in May 2013 to 10.67, an 84% improvement. Haochuan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.35
signature single · Newmarket Open 2018
142
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.354.45
top 7.5%1,077 / 15,796
3×310.6711.89
top 9.5%3,704 / 28,153
Skewb4.459.42
top 14.1%856 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed19.0420.73
top 17.9%1,778 / 5,922
Pyraminx6.337.54
top 22.5%2,567 / 10,224
4×41:02.121:04.90
top 38.8%3,775 / 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

BUAA Open 2013: 1:06.84Beijing Summer Open 2014: 24.87Tianjin University Open 2015: 16.72Newmarket Open 2017: 10.67Newmarket Open 2018: 12.11Battle of Waterloo 2018: 10.6910.671:06.8412 May 201321 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.