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Hong Zhang (张宏)

3×3 · top 10.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008ZHAN13

Hong Zhang (张宏) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.91, set at Tianjin Open 2012, puts him in the top 10.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,996th in China. Across 25 competitions since November 2008, he has put 710 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.84 in November 2008 to 10.91, a 62% improvement. Hong has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.91
signature single · Tianjin Open 2012
710
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.9114.81
top 10.2%3,996 / 28,153
2×22.684.96
top 10.7%1,634 / 15,796
Pyraminx4.726.53
top 11.5%1,376 / 10,224
Square-116.5528.72
top 19.9%318 / 1,362
3×3 blindfolded1:27.051:44.06
top 22.0%304 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.67
top 23.4%244 / 1,058
4×457.751:04.41
top 34.0%3,381 / 5,926
5×51:40.081:47.46
top 35.4%1,599 / 2,816
7×74:49.025:00.21
top 47.4%851 / 1,261
6×63:19.143:34.66
top 50.2%953 / 1,349
Megaminx2:08.442:59.70
top 50.3%1,313 / 1,678
Skewb10.4213.11
top 57.6%3,175 / 5,004
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 7 cubes · 51:03
top 59.9%156 / 278
3×3 one-handed36.7846.30
top 60.4%4,900 / 5,922
Clock21.4426.05
top 68.6%1,490 / 1,843
4×4 blindfolded14:24.00
early days — 1 solve124 / 149
5×5 blindfolded30:03.00
early days — 1 solve87 / 95

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: 28.84Beijing Spring Open 2009: 20.34Beijing Metropolis Open 2009: 19.94Duanwu Festival Open 2009: 21.44Hangzhou Open 2010: 19.27Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010: 16.94ChangChun 2010: 16.79Shandong 2010: 15.58Nanjing Winter Open 2010: 15.03Beijing Winter 2011: 16.03Shandong Open 2011: 14.56Human Rights Day 2011: 15.84China Tourism Day 2012: 16.17Tianjin Open 2012: 10.91Beijing Summer 2012: 13.78Beijing Summer Open 2014: 14.47Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 16.2110.9128.842 Nov 200824 Jun 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.