People · China
Rongfu Fan (范荣孚)
2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013FANR01
Rongfu Fan (范荣孚) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Nanning Open 2013, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 813th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2013, he has put 152 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 20.63 in July 2013 to 14.22, a 31% improvement. Rongfu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 5.03 | top 5.8% | 813 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.22 | 17.37 | top 6.5% | 628 / 5,922 | |
| 3×3 | 10.39 | 12.25 | top 8.6% | 3,369 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.36 | 1:05.80 | top 36.8% | 3,621 / 5,926 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.44 | 17.76 | top 56.4% | 5,861 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 10.34 | 11.21 | top 57.0% | 3,155 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,656 / 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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at Nanning Open 2015.
- 14 Jul 2013First competition: Nanning Open 2013. A 11.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2018 · 30 Apr 2018
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qinzhou Open 2015 · 29 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2015 · 7 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanning Open 2013 · 14 Jul 2013
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.
- Kai Su (苏锴) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Meng Yuan (袁梦) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.