People · China
Hongye Chao (巢鸿业)
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025CHAO02
Hongye Chao (巢鸿业) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Zibo Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 799th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2025, he has put 13 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 5.16 | top 5.7% | 799 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 12.91 | 13.80 | top 17.1% | 6,697 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.79 | 32.59 | top 38.8% | 3,607 / 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 story so far
- 10 Aug 2025First competition: Zibo Open 2025. A 12.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zibo Open 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
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.
- Haolin Zhang (张昊霖) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Anyan Shi (史安研) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Haotian Sun (孙浩天) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.