People · China
Hongqiao Chen (陈宏桥)
4×4 · top 8.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CHEH09
Hongqiao Chen (陈宏桥) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.65, set at Hefei Spring 2019, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 887th in China. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2018, he has put 101 official solves on the record across six events. Hongqiao has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 36.65 | 49.91 | top 8.4% | 887 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.66 | 6.42 | top 11.2% | 1,350 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 4.48 | 7.76 | top 14.4% | 887 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 | 12.78 | 15.99 | top 16.7% | 6,679 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 5.33 | top 32.6% | 5,663 / 15,939 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.72 | 37.12 | top 56.9% | 4,768 / 5,994 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Nov 2018First competition: Wuhu Open 2018. A 15.54 3×3 single to start from.
- 24 Nov 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at Wuhu Open 2018.
- 24 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2018.
Competitions
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhu Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
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.
- Zerong Zheng (郑泽荣) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jianfei Shan (单剑飞) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shenghai Fang (方胜海) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.65 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.