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Hongyu Zhou (周泓宇)

7×7 · top 15.4% of 14,226 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021ZHOU07

Hongyu Zhou (周泓宇) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 7×7: a personal-best single of 3:17.01, set at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 14,226 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 311th in China. Across 4 competitions since March 2021, he has put 32 official solves on the record across five events. Hongyu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

7×7
best event — top 15.4% of 14,226 all-time
3:17.01
signature single · Shaoxing Afternoon 2021
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
7×73:17.013:31.04
early days — 3 solves311 / 1,261
4×442.8356.73
top 15.5%1,683 / 5,926
6×62:21.672:38.15
early days — 3 solves474 / 1,349
3×314.9115.79
top 24.1%9,141 / 28,153
5×51:26.791:31.81
top 24.7%1,159 / 2,816

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

Shaoxing Afternoon 2021: 15.99Beijing Spring AM 2021: 14.91Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 16.0014.9116.0027 Mar 202120 Jun 2021

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-3:00 7×7 single — 1,507 people have one; it is 17.01 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.