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Hong'an Wang (王洪安)

3×3 · top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008WANG16

Hong'an Wang (王洪安) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.38, set at Beijing Summer Open 2009, puts him in the top 35.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,541st in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2008, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.59 in November 2008 to 18.38, an 11% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.3% of 284,439 all-time
18.38
signature single · Beijing Summer Open 2009
94
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×318.3820.65
top 35.3%12,541 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.2222.51
top 38.1%4,125 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed30.9338.62
top 48.7%4,247 / 5,922
2×26.187.49
top 52.7%8,966 / 15,796
4×41:53.381:58.82
top 78.5%5,603 / 5,926
5×54:05.78
early days — 1 solve2,774 / 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

Beijing Fall Open 2008: 20.59Shijiazhuang Open 2009: 20.63Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 21.00Beijing Summer Open 2009: 18.3818.3821.002 Nov 200816 Aug 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.