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Hongyu Chen (陈泓宇)

3×3 · top 33.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015CHEN37

Hongyu Chen (陈泓宇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.74, set at Chongqing Open 2016, puts him in the top 33.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,004th in China. Across 3 competitions since May 2015, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in May 2015 to 17.74, a 30% improvement. Hongyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.3% of 284,439 all-time
17.74
signature single · Chongqing Open 2016
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×317.7420.59
top 33.3%12,004 / 28,153
2×24.768.26
top 36.3%6,254 / 15,796
Pyraminx8.1713.75
top 37.6%4,087 / 10,224
Skewb7.6418.73
top 38.6%2,299 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed42.7150.57
top 69.0%5,293 / 5,922
4×42:07.78
early days — 2 solves5,738 / 5,926

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

Chengdu Open 2015: 25.28Chengdu Open 2016: 19.04Chongqing Open 2016: 17.7417.7425.282 May 201516 Jul 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.