People · China
Haozhen Jiang (江皓臻)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011JIAN10
Haozhen Jiang (江皓臻) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Hangzhou Autumn 2016, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 922nd in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2011, he has put 596 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.56 in August 2011 to 7.86, a 58% improvement. Haozhen 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.86 | 10.08 | top 2.5% | 922 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 4.07 | top 6.9% | 974 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 17.85 | top 8.6% | 814 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 39.70 | 43.02 | top 11.8% | 1,256 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:51.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 421 / 1,183 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.71 | 1:43.74 | top 33.6% | 1,521 / 2,816 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.16 | 11.56 | top 37.5% | 4,078 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | 47.67 | early days — 3 solves | 807 / 1,058 |
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
- 19 Mar 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Shanghai Spring 2016.
- 19 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Spring 2016.
- 30 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at Shanghai Summer Open 2015.
- 26 Apr 2015Five personal bests in one day at Wenzhou Open 2015.
- 29 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Hangzhou Winter Open 2014.
- 23 Mar 2013First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at Zhejiang University 2013.
Competitions
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
- Hangzhou Autumn 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Jinhua Open 2016 · 6 Aug 2016
- Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xiamen Open 2016 · 8 May 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Summer Open 2015 · 30 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015
- Wenzhou Open 2015 · 26 Apr 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Fudan Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Winter Open 2014 · 29 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhejiang University 2013 · 23 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Hangzhou Open 2011 · 20 Aug 2011
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 109 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.