People · China
Letian Hu (胡乐天)
3×3 · top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014HULE02
Letian Hu (胡乐天) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Asian Championship 2016, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 929th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2014, he has put 574 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.27 in July 2014 to 7.83, a 24% improvement. Letian has entered 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 8.32 | top 2.5% | 929 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 3.21 | top 3.4% | 449 / 15,939 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 6.92 | top 9.0% | 1,097 / 10,269 | |
| Skewb | 4.02 | 5.64 | top 11.1% | 666 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.34 | 21.46 | top 13.5% | 1,364 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 57.59 | 1:14.53 | top 33.9% | 3,419 / 5,999 |
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
- 1 Oct 2016Three personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 17 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2015.
- 31 May 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Zhengzhou Open 2015.
- 31 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Zhengzhou Open 2015.
- 12 Jul 2014First competition: Suzhou Open 2014. A 10.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017 · 19 Mar 2017
- Wuhan Open 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2016 · 17 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2015 · 1 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhengzhou Open 2015 · 31 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Wuhan Open 2015 · 10 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Guangdong Open 2014 · 1 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014
- Shantou Open 2014 · 3 Aug 2014
- Hefei Summer Open 2014 · 13 Jul 2014
- Suzhou Open 2014 · 12 Jul 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.
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.