People · China
Huafan Shi (史华帆)
Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014SHIH03
Huafan Shi (史华帆) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Wuhan University Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in China. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2014, he has put 594 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 8.37 in December 2014 to 2.29, a 73% improvement. Huafan has entered 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 3.43 | top 1.7% | 207 / 10,269 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.54 | top 9.4% | 1,410 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 6.03 | top 11.2% | 672 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 39.28 | 42.67 | top 11.4% | 1,235 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 11.43 | 13.43 | top 12.0% | 4,800 / 28,499 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.43 | 1:29.46 | top 21.2% | 1,035 / 2,857 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.87 | 24.73 | top 22.9% | 2,316 / 5,994 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Qianjiang Summer Open 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Changsha Xiangmo 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Winter 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 4 Apr 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015.
- 4 Apr 2015Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015.
Competitions
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WIT Open 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Baoji Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Changsha Xiangmo 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
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.
- Junze Zhao (赵俊泽) — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Boxi Chen (陈博希) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.