People · China
Tao Hu (胡涛)
Pyraminx · top 4.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013HUTA02
Tao Hu (胡涛) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.22, set at You May Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 538th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2013, he has put 504 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Tao has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.22 | 4.52 | top 4.4% | 538 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 3.12 | 5.08 | top 5.6% | 311 / 5,004 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.34 | top 7.4% | 1,059 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 11.87 | 14.84 | top 13.5% | 5,304 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 47.20 | 50.55 | top 21.1% | 2,271 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,138 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.02 at Nanjing Autumn 2014.
- 1 May 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.49 at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 1 May 2014Four personal bests in one day at Hefei Spring 2014.
- 27 Jul 2013First competition: Hefei Open 2013. A 21.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- You May Open 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Anhui University Smart Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Spring 2015 · 1 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- AnHui University Open 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Zhejiang University Open 2014 · 24 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Hefei Spring 2014 · 1 May 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Hefei Open 2013 · 27 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.
- Chunyu Zhang (张春雨) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Boxi Chen (陈博希) — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Fengkai Zhang (张丰凯) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.