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Hongyu Qian (钱泓宇)

3×3 · top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018QIAN03

Hongyu Qian (钱泓宇) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.43, set at Hefei Summer 2018, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,693rd in China. Across 8 competitions since January 2018, he has put 137 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Hongyu has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.43
signature single · Hefei Summer 2018
137
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.4314.23
top 11.9%4,693 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed19.3626.11
top 18.8%1,877 / 5,922
2×23.875.72
top 24.8%4,171 / 15,796
Clock10.3012.32
top 26.6%610 / 1,843
Square-138.1642.60
top 63.0%1,053 / 1,362

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

Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 12.16Hangzhou Spring 2018: 14.38Kunshan Open 2018: 13.69SJTU Open 2018: 14.07Hefei Summer 2018: 11.43Ningbo Open 2018: 14.39Huzhou Open 2019: 12.8911.4314.391 Jan 201813 Jul 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.