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Hongtao Wang (王洪涛)

3×3 · top 40.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011WANG02

Hongtao Wang (王洪涛) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.16, set at Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011, puts him in the top 40.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,844th in China. Across 2 competitions since January 2011, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in January 2011 to 20.16, an 18% improvement. Hongtao has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 40.4% of 284,439 all-time
20.16
signature single · Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×320.1623.26
top 40.4%13,844 / 28,153
2×27.2212.77
top 62.2%10,404 / 15,796
4×41:41.301:50.48
top 71.4%5,427 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed1:03.341:13.80
top 85.8%5,810 / 5,922
5×53:29.634:13.24
top 86.4%2,736 / 2,816

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

Beijing Winter 2011: 24.46Henan University of Science & Technology Open 2011: 20.1620.1624.4615 Jan 201119 Jun 2011

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.