People · China
Pengkai Fang (方鹏凯)
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017FANG13
Pengkai Fang (方鹏凯) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,240th in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2017, he has put 321 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in October 2017 to 10.28, a 32% improvement. Pengkai has entered 16 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 | 10.28 | 11.44 | top 8.3% | 3,240 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 37.32 | 43.42 | top 9.0% | 950 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.61 | 1:23.51 | top 17.2% | 834 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:34.18 | — | top 24.6% | 337 / 1,183 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.99 | 2:41.48 | top 26.1% | 567 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 5.34 | top 28.7% | 4,890 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.79 | 4:16.98 | top 30.2% | 593 / 1,261 |
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
- 23 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at GDSY Open 2019.
- 9 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018.
- 17 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018.
- 30 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Guangdong Open 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.93 at Zhongshan Open 2017.
Competitions
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019 · 27 Oct 2019
- Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- ZHBIT Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GDSY Open 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- Big 'n Blind Guangzhou 2018 · 9 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Huizhou Open 2018 · 1 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- ZHBIT Open 2018 · 20 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open 2018 · 30 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2017 · 3 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017 · 1 Oct 2017
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.
- Mok Man Kit (莫文傑) — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Xusheng Hong (洪旭升) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.