People · United States
John Hu
3×3 · top 9.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015HUJO01
John Hu has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Big Cube Bash 2017, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,055th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2015, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.86 in May 2015 to 10.54, a 49% improvement. John has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.54 | 12.22 | top 9.1% | 5,055 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.19 | 31.51 | top 21.0% | 2,723 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.22 | 11.93 | top 21.7% | 5,898 / 29,168 |
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
- 21 Nov 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at Manhasset Fall 2015.
- 12 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 15.77 at Norwich Summer 2015.
- 2 May 2015First competition: MIT Spring 2015. A 20.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Clifton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015
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.
- Alex Maass — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Billy Burier — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.