People · China
Keyuan Huang (黄克元)
3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014HUAN26
Keyuan Huang (黄克元) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.93, set at Zhuhai Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,795th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2014, he has put 185 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.94 in October 2014 to 8.93, a 64% improvement. Keyuan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.93 | 10.70 | top 4.7% | 1,795 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 32.33 | — | top 4.8% | 82 / 1,183 | |
| 4×4 | 42.00 | 47.08 | top 14.5% | 1,575 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.04 | top 16.8% | 2,701 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.99 | 21.52 | top 17.8% | 1,765 / 5,922 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.79 | 2:23.99 | top 60.4% | 2,379 / 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
- 29 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Zhuhai Open 2017.
- 29 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Zhuhai Open 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.88 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016.
- 2 Oct 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.39 at China Championship 2015.
- 1 Oct 2014First competition: Guangdong Open 2014. A 24.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019
- Hangzhou Open 2019 · 18 May 2019
- GDSY Open 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Blind 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhuhai Open 2017 · 29 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big 'n Blind 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 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.
- Mo Ji (季默) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ruohan Qiu (邱若寒) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jiawei Wu (伍嘉维) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.