People · China
Hongming Gan (甘洪铭)
4×4 · top 9.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GANH01
Hongming Gan (甘洪铭) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 37.72, set at Xiamen Autumn 2019, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 999th in China. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2017, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.04 in August 2017 to 10.71, a 37% improvement. Hongming has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 37.72 | 45.27 | top 9.5% | 999 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.71 | 12.98 | top 9.6% | 3,753 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.01 | 27.02 | top 26.1% | 2,566 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.24 | 5.13 | top 29.6% | 5,059 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.28 | 12.27 | top 55.2% | 5,749 / 10,224 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Xiamen Autumn 2019.
- 21 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Longyan Open 2019.
- 19 Aug 2017First competition: Quanzhou Side Event 2017. A 17.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xiamen Autumn 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Longyan Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quanzhou Side Event 2017 · 19 Aug 2017
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.
- Zhengtao Yu (俞正涛) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Qifeng Wang (王祺丰) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kaiqi Lin (林楷棋) — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.72 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.