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Hua Tu (涂画)

3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015TUHU01

Hua Tu (涂画) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at Shenzhen Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,378th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2015, he has put 27 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.14 in October 2015 to 9.52, a 41% improvement. Hua has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.52
signature single · Shenzhen Open 2017
27
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5214.38
top 6.2%2,378 / 28,153

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

China Championship 2015: 16.14Shenzhen New Year 2016: 11.29Shenzhen Open 2017: 9.52Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.559.5216.142 Oct 201521 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.