People · China
Hongze Hu (胡宏泽)
3×3 · top 0.73% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021HUHO01
Hongze Hu (胡宏泽) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.36, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.73% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in China. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2021, he has put 154 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in January 2021 to 6.36, a 60% improvement. Hongze has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 6.36 | 7.43 | top 0.73% | 267 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.20 | 3.86 | top 4.3% | 525 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.12 | top 7.6% | 1,092 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 3.63 | 4.62 | top 8.5% | 487 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 7.26 at Changsha Open 2023.
- 23 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.26 at Changsha Open 2023.
- 23 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Open 2023.
- 2 Jan 2021First competition: Nanchang Good Morning 2021. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Summer 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Winter 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Nanchang Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Spring AM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Good Morning 2021 · 2 Jan 2021
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.
- Yichen Jiang (姜一辰) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.