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Tao Hu (胡涛)

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014HUTA01

Tao Hu (胡涛) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.16, set at Nantong Open 2014, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,689th in China. Across 3 competitions since July 2014, he has put 47 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.00 in July 2014 to 12.16, a 28% improvement. Tao has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.16
signature single · Nantong Open 2014
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×312.1615.20
top 14.4%5,689 / 28,153
2×23.307.31
top 17.8%2,874 / 15,796
4×454.971:01.21
top 30.7%3,115 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed25.0430.01
top 34.3%3,270 / 5,922

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

Suzhou Open 2014: 17.00Nantong Open 2014: 12.16Wuxi Open 2015: 13.7812.1617.0012 Jul 20148 Aug 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.