People · China
Hua Geng (耿华)
4×4 · top 7.3% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017GENG01
Hua Geng (耿华) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.66, set at Xianyang Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 741st in China. Until July 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2017, he has put 304 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in August 2017 to 10.06, a 50% improvement. Hua has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 35.66 | 40.28 | top 7.3% | 741 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.95 | top 7.6% | 2,977 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.76 | 25.01 | top 19.9% | 1,985 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.15 | 1:34.88 | top 22.5% | 1,077 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.84 | 4.44 | top 24.4% | 4,102 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.19 | 8.39 | top 29.4% | 3,249 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 6.47 | 10.57 | top 29.5% | 1,816 / 5,004 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.09 | 1:39.73 | top 32.1% | 953 / 1,678 | |
| Clock | 12.71 | 14.34 | top 38.3% | 918 / 1,843 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.16 | 3:09.45 | top 42.6% | 835 / 1,349 | |
| Square-1 | 28.82 | 34.60 | top 47.2% | 805 / 1,362 | |
| 7×7 | 5:25.77 | 5:47.04 | early days — 3 solves | 992 / 1,261 |
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
- 18 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ningxia Open 2019.
- 11 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Baoji Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Anyang Open 2019.
- 3 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Xianyang Open 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Baoji Open 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Baoji Open 2018.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Ningxia Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Anyang Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Xianyang Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Xi'an Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2018 · 1 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- XPU Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Ningxia Open 2017 · 13 Aug 2017
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.
- Haodong Cheng (程昊东) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Chi Zhang (张弛) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.66 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.