People · China
Hengtao Xu (许恒滔)
Skewb · top 7.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018XUHE01
Hengtao Xu (许恒滔) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Xi'an Open 2018, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2018, he has put 170 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.24 in January 2018 to 13.56, a 36% improvement. Hengtao has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.47 | 6.45 | top 7.5% | 428 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.37 | 8.47 | top 9.6% | 1,133 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 | 13.56 | 17.09 | top 19.4% | 7,537 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 6.14 | top 26.7% | 4,520 / 15,796 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.77 | — | top 38.4% | 3,744 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 2:23.61 | — | top 62.8% | 2,436 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,044 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 4:51.01 | 5:38.16 | early days — 3 solves | 1,274 / 1,349 |
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
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.56 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.44 at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2018.
- 1 Jan 2018First competition: Xi'an New Year 2018. A 25.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Junxi Li (李俊锡) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mingsen Han (韩明森) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.