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Hongda Li (李洪达)

Skewb · top 7.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012LIHO01

Hongda Li (李洪达) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Inner Mongolia Winter 2019, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 419th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2012, he has put 311 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.80 in May 2012 to 13.91, a 55% improvement. Hongda has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 7.4% of 73,281 all-time
3.45
signature single · Inner Mongolia Winter 2019
311
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.456.09
top 7.4%419 / 5,004
Clock6.437.63
top 8.8%191 / 1,843
Pyraminx5.236.41
top 14.6%1,727 / 10,224
3×313.9116.19
top 20.6%7,973 / 28,153
2×24.885.14
top 37.8%6,522 / 15,796
4×41:03.731:08.61
top 40.4%3,901 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 1 solve560 / 1,058
Megaminx2:08.14
early days — 2 solves1,308 / 1,678
3×3 one-handed1:30.081:40.98
top 94.9%5,908 / 5,922

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

Taiyuan Open 2012: 30.80Taiyuan Open 2013: 26.18Beijing Open 2015: 22.32Taiyuan Open 2016: 16.40Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 18.91Taiyuan Open 2017: 14.89Hefei Open 2017: 13.97Taiyuan Autumn 2017: 14.60Linfen Open 2018: 14.49Taiyuan Winter 2018: 14.05Inner Mongolia Winter 2019: 15.40Linfen Open 2019: 13.9113.9130.8019 May 20127 Jul 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.