People · China
Pengxiang He (贺鹏翔)
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017HEPE01
Pengxiang He (贺鹏翔) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Fushun Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,087th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2017, he has put 328 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.07 in March 2017 to 8.07, a 33% improvement. Pengxiang has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.07 | 10.16 | top 2.9% | 1,087 / 28,499 | |
| 4×4 | 34.47 | 38.33 | top 6.3% | 653 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.24 | 18.22 | top 8.7% | 844 / 5,994 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.15 | 1:20.27 | top 13.3% | 665 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.47 | top 14.1% | 2,236 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 6.96 | 9.31 | top 33.4% | 2,061 / 5,030 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.87 | 12.51 | top 52.0% | 5,490 / 10,269 | |
| 6×6 | 4:23.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,230 / 1,363 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,314 / 1,373 |
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
- 12 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.99 at Weihai Open 2018.
- 12 May 2018Six personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Jinan Open 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Inner Mongolia Summer 2017.
- 30 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2017.
- 26 Mar 2017First competition: Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017. A 13.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shenyang Spring 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shenyang Summer 2018 · 5 Aug 2018
- Weihai Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Jinan Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Weihai Open 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 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.
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yongtao Sun (孙永涛) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Zihan Zhang (张子涵) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.