People · China
Shitao Hu (胡诗涛)
4×4 · top 3.1% of 85,040 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018HUSH02
Shitao Hu (胡诗涛) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.33, set at Zhanjiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 311th in China. Until August 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2018, he has put 175 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.58 in February 2018 to 8.65, an 18% improvement. Shitao has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 30.33 | 35.09 | top 3.1% | 311 / 5,999 | |
| 3×3 | 8.65 | 10.18 | top 4.1% | 1,572 / 28,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 6.15 | top 9.9% | 1,194 / 10,269 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.54 | 1:13.57 | top 10.9% | 296 / 1,693 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.44 | 1:24.87 | top 18.8% | 917 / 2,857 | |
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 5.26 | top 24.9% | 4,233 / 15,939 | |
| Clock | 14.13 | 23.47 | top 44.4% | 1,067 / 1,887 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 45.00 | early days — 3 solves | 524 / 1,071 | |
| Skewb | 10.05 | 12.09 | top 55.3% | 3,087 / 5,030 | |
| Square-1 | 57.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,274 / 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
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Meizhou Open 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018First competition: Yangjiang Open 2018. A 10.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 III 2026 · 2 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhanjiang Open 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangzhou Special 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Zhanjiang Open 2019 · 18 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhanjiang Open 2018 · 26 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangjiang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
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.
- Xingyu Chen (陈星宇) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ming Zheng (郑鸣) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Yiyun Chen (陈毅昀) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.