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Hongyu Shang (尚宏宇)

3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SHAN10

Hongyu Shang (尚宏宇) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Linyi Open 2016, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,517th in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time
9.65
signature single · Linyi Open 2016
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.6511.81
top 6.5%2,517 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.4119.47
top 11.2%1,095 / 5,922
2×23.134.17
top 15.8%2,521 / 15,796
4×448.8354.34
top 23.2%2,485 / 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 story so far

  • 7 Aug 2016First competition: Linyi Open 2016. A 9.65 3×3 single to start from.

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.