People · China
Hongyu Chen (陈泓羽)
3×3 · top 0.56% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024CHEN53
Hongyu Chen (陈泓羽) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.11, set at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in China. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2024, he has put 118 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.29 in April 2024 to 6.11, a 26% improvement. Hongyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.11 | 8.79 | top 0.56% | 210 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 3.61 | top 3.0% | 376 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.12 | 7.35 | top 11.8% | 707 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 8.84 | top 16.3% | 1,930 / 10,269 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Xuzhou Newcomers 2025.
- 14 Apr 2024First competition: Kunshan Open 2024. A 10.77 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.29 at Kunshan Open 2024.
Competitions
- Yancheng Spring Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Xuzhou Newcomers 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Xuzhou Autumn 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Zhiyuan Xue (薛智远) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zhiyi Yang (杨芝懿) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.