People · China
Hongming Zhang (张洪铭)
3×3 · top 12.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2010 · 2010ZHAN40
Hongming Zhang (张洪铭) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.56, set at Xi'an Summer 2013, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,992nd in China. Across 8 competitions since September 2010, he has put 266 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.80 in September 2010 to 11.56, a 49% improvement. Hongming has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.56 | 13.83 | top 12.4% | 4,992 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.28 | 22.64 | top 15.9% | 1,592 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 50.02 | 57.03 | top 24.9% | 2,674 / 5,999 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 6.19 | top 25.3% | 4,301 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 9.02 | top 28.9% | 3,245 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.60 | 1:51.33 | top 39.7% | 1,813 / 2,857 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.95 | 2:18.50 | top 48.1% | 1,288 / 1,693 | |
| Skewb | 9.80 | 12.17 | top 53.7% | 3,012 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 33.16 | 41.92 | top 55.4% | 951 / 1,373 | |
| 7×7 | 7:18.60 | 7:40.09 | early days — 3 solves | 1,206 / 1,274 |
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
- 18 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 30 Apr 2013Five personal bests in one day at Lanzhou Open 2013.
- 29 Jul 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.03 at Qingdao Open 2012.
- 29 Jul 2012Three personal bests in one day at Qingdao Open 2012.
- 31 Jul 2011First sub-20 3×3: 16.05 at Shandong Open 2011.
- 31 Jul 2011Four personal bests in one day at Shandong Open 2011.
Competitions
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- LanZhou Winter 2014 · 18 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Summer 2013 · 25 May 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Lanzhou Open 2013 · 30 Apr 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2013 · 14 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Qingdao Open 2012 · 29 Jul 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Shandong Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Shandong 2010 · 12 Sep 2010
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.
- Liping Jia (贾立平) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wenliang Wang (王文亮) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Haibo Sui (隋海波) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.