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Ho Chuen Lai (何傳禮)

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017LAIH01

Ho Chuen Lai (何傳禮) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.15, set at Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 192nd in Hong Kong, China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 33 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.57 in February 2017 to 10.15, a 57% improvement. Ho has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.15
signature single · Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×310.1513.04
top 7.9%192 / 1,347
2×24.094.92
top 27.6%315 / 855

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 23.57Hong Kong Open 2017: 14.80Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 11.46Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 10.15Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 11.3110.1523.5725 Feb 201731 Mar 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.