People · China
Junkui Hu (胡军奎)
3×3 one-handed · top 6.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014HUJU01
Junkui Hu (胡军奎) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.25, set at Zhengzhou Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 636th in China. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2014, he has put 102 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.41 in May 2014 to 10.29, a 23% improvement. Junkui has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.25 | 19.66 | top 6.6% | 636 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.29 | 13.15 | top 8.3% | 3,259 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 46.22 | 51.69 | top 19.8% | 2,141 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 5.74 | top 41.1% | 7,102 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,400 / 2,816 |
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
- 31 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2015.
- 25 May 2014First competition: Zhengzhou Open 2014. A 15.68 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 May 2014First sub-15 3×3: 13.41 at Zhengzhou Open 2014.
Competitions
- Hangzhou Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Winter Open 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Xuchang Open 2017 · 24 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhengzhou Open 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2014 · 25 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Baiqiang Dong (董百强) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jiaxin Hou (候家欣) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.