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Hongyi Hu (胡泓毅)

Skewb · top 9.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016HUHO01

Hongyi Hu (胡泓毅) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.75, set at Jieyang Winter 2019, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 538th in China. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2016, he has put 129 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.66 in December 2016 to 11.56, a 15% improvement. Hongyi has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.2% of 73,281 all-time
3.75
signature single · Jieyang Winter 2019
129
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Skewb3.755.68
top 9.2%538 / 5,004
2×22.705.49
top 10.9%1,673 / 15,796
3×311.5612.52
top 12.4%4,884 / 28,153
Pyraminx6.51
early days — 3 solves2,721 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed22.0326.32
top 26.1%2,573 / 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

Nanchang Winter 2016: 13.66Nanchang Spring 2017: 13.71Longyan Summer Open 2017: 13.94China Championship 2017: 12.67Nanchang Open 2017: 11.56Jieyang Winter 2019: 12.1811.5613.9411 Dec 201627 Jan 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.