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Hongrui Zhu (朱泓睿)

Skewb · top 12.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015ZHUH02

Hongrui Zhu (朱泓睿) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at Shenzhen Open 2018, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 752nd in China. Across 4 competitions since August 2015, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. His Skewb best has come down from 5.29 in August 2016 to 4.23, a 20% improvement. Hongrui has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 12.5% of 73,281 all-time
4.23
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2018
97
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb4.235.54
top 12.5%752 / 5,004
2×23.795.48
top 23.8%3,962 / 15,796
3×315.4617.54
top 26.0%9,737 / 28,153
4×453.061:00.44
top 28.4%2,965 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed22.9126.63
top 28.5%2,783 / 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

Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 5.29Dongguan Open 2017: 4.43Shenzhen Open 2018: 4.234.235.2913 Aug 201621 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.