People · China
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.27 | 13.03 | top 11.3% | 4,449 / 28,153 | |
| Skewb | 4.08 | 6.70 | top 11.4% | 678 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 4.17 | top 12.8% | 2,002 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 6.78 | top 13.4% | 1,586 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.62 | 25.58 | top 22.2% | 2,212 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 58.70 | 1:04.11 | top 35.1% | 3,471 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 47.67 | 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Nanjing Spring 2017.
- 17 Aug 2016Four personal bests in one day at Yangzhou Open 2016.
- 2 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at Suzhou Open 2016.
- 17 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Hefei Open 2015.
- 19 Jul 2014Three personal bests in one day at Nantong Open 2014.
- 12 Jul 2014First sub-30 3×3: 17.06 at Suzhou Open 2014.
Competitions
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Suzhou Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Changshu Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Love In ECNU 2017 · 20 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhenjiang Open 2016 · 20 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2016 · 2 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nantong Open 2014 · 19 Jul 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuxi Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2011 · 3 Oct 2011
- Changzhou Spring Festival Open 2011 · 23 Jan 2011
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.
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xiaobin Rui (芮晓彬) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
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.