People · China
Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇)
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013HONG05
Hongyu Zhu (朱宏宇) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Xi'an Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 606th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2013, he has put 346 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.91 in December 2013 to 1.96, a 33% improvement. Hongyu has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 3.17 | top 4.5% | 606 / 15,796 | |
| Clock | 7.59 | 15.67 | top 13.3% | 286 / 1,843 | |
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 15.27 | top 13.6% | 5,351 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.91 | 1:36.47 | top 23.2% | 1,106 / 2,816 | |
| Skewb | 8.99 | 10.02 | top 48.3% | 2,764 / 5,004 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Aug 2016Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Open 2016.
- 8 Dec 2013First competition: Xi'an Winter 2013.
Competitions
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiyuan Open 2016 · 5 Jun 2016
- Xi'an Summer 2016 · 8 May 2016
- Xi'an Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Chengdu Open 2014 · 2 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014
- Xi'an Winter 2013 · 8 Dec 2013
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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.