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Ruichen Hao (郝睿宸)

2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017HAOR01

Ruichen Hao (郝睿宸) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.96, set at Hefei Summer 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 606th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 144 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.03 in May 2018 to 1.96, a 67% improvement. Ruichen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.96
signature single · Hefei Summer 2019
144
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.964.23
top 4.5%606 / 15,796
3×311.0412.42
top 10.6%4,148 / 28,153
Pyraminx8.459.53
top 40.1%4,329 / 10,224

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

You May Open 2018: 6.03Hefei Summer 2018: 6.46Hefei Spring 2019: 3.95Wuhu Open 2019: 3.82AHAU Open 2019: 4.66Hefei Summer 2019: 1.96China Championship 2019: 4.291.966.466 May 201826 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.