People · Chinese Taipei
Hung Lo (羅鴻)
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009LOHU01
Hung Lo (羅鴻) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at Taiwan Open 2015, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,327 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.96 in February 2009 to 9.65, a 40% improvement. Hung has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.25 | 5.42 | top 4.5% | 67 / 1,016 | |
| Clock | 5.61 | 7.51 | top 6.0% | 26 / 366 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.16 | 18.26 | top 6.4% | 84 / 802 | |
| 3×3 | 9.65 | 11.49 | top 6.5% | 395 / 4,213 | |
| Square-1 | 13.52 | 16.50 | top 13.0% | 60 / 323 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 5.09 | top 16.8% | 439 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 45.20 | 51.04 | top 18.5% | 392 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:48.28 | 2:40.74 | top 29.4% | 43 / 147 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.21 | 1:50.05 | top 34.8% | 362 / 639 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.85 | 3:12.60 | early days — 3 solves | 197 / 292 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.01 | 2:27.77 | top 49.6% | 242 / 362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 43.33 | top 51.8% | 110 / 204 | |
| Skewb | 10.03 | 13.39 | top 55.1% | 474 / 699 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 10:20 | — | top 63.2% | 31 / 54 | |
| 7×7 | 6:46.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 223 / 252 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 19:47.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 22 / 24 |
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
- 11 Jul 2015Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015Three personal bests in one day at All is Well 2015.
- 28 Sep 2014Three personal bests in one day at Master Challenge 2014.
- 15 Jun 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014.
- 4 Jun 2011Three personal bests in one day at Cubik Box Cup 2011.
- 12 Feb 2011Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Winter Open 2011.
Competitions
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Open 2016 · 25 Sep 2016
- Taiwan Blind Day 2016 · 29 May 2016
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Magic Revenge 2015 · 2 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2015 · 26 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing League - Taipei 2015 · 13 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Spring Open 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Show Off Quickness 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015 · 5 Apr 2015
- All is Well 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015 · 15 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Open 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014
- Cross-strait FMC 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Master Challenge 2014 · 28 Sep 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014
- Kaohsiung Summer Open 2014 · 5 Jul 2014
- Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Spring Open 2014 · 27 Apr 2014
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014 · 5 Apr 2014
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2013 · 29 Dec 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2013 · 3 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Magic Revenge 2012 · 30 Dec 2012
- Asian Championship 2012 · 5 Oct 2012
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Open 2011 · 8 Oct 2011
- Taiwan Summer 2011 · 21 Aug 2011
- Cubik Box Cup 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Autumn Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2010 · 11 Apr 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2009 · 31 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2009 · 8 Feb 2009
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 217 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良) — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 157 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.