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Hongzhi Chen (陈泓知)

3×3 · top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2011 · 2011CHEN01

Hongzhi Chen (陈泓知) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.27, set at Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,449th in China. Across 17 competitions since January 2011, he has put 413 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.50 in October 2011 to 2.87, a 62% improvement. Hongzhi has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.27
signature single · Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017
413
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×311.2713.03
top 11.3%4,449 / 28,153
Skewb4.086.70
top 11.4%678 / 5,004
2×22.874.17
top 12.8%2,002 / 15,796
Pyraminx5.036.78
top 13.4%1,586 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed20.6225.58
top 22.2%2,212 / 5,922
4×458.701:04.11
top 35.1%3,471 / 5,926
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves47.67
top 62.5%737 / 1,058

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

Suzhou Open 2011: 7.50Suzhou Open 2014: 4.35Nantong Open 2014: 5.02Hefei Open 2015: 3.47Wuxi Open 2015: 4.08Suzhou Open 2016: 3.11Yangzhou Open 2016: 3.72Nanjing Autumn 2016: 4.43Zhenjiang Open 2016: 3.14Nanjing Spring 2017: 2.87Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017: 4.21Changshu Open 2017: 4.12Yangzhou Open 2017: 4.57Suzhou Open 2017: 4.112.877.503 Oct 201116 Sep 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 1.27 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.