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Hongji Chen (陈宏基)

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024CHEH02

Hongji Chen (陈宏基) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 685th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2024, he has put 34 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.45 in July 2024 to 7.47, a 29% improvement. Hongji has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.47
signature single · Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×37.4710.90
top 1.9%685 / 28,153
2×23.344.99
top 18.3%2,966 / 15,796

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

Huizhou 10th Anniversary 2024: 10.45Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 11.04Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026: 7.477.4711.0428 Jul 20242 Sep 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.