People · China
Xiaobo Hu (胡晓波)
2×2 · top 24.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2008 · 2008HUXI01
Xiaobo Hu (胡晓波) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.84, set at Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010, puts him in the top 24.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,102nd in China. Across 6 competitions since August 2008, he has put 71 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.63 in August 2008 to 3.84, a 42% improvement. Xiaobo 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 | 3.84 | 4.91 | top 24.4% | 4,102 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 | 15.58 | 21.34 | top 26.4% | 9,875 / 28,153 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Feb 2010First sub-20 3×3: 17.50 at Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010.
- 7 Feb 2010Five personal bests in one day at Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010.
- 30 Aug 2008First competition: Shanghai Open 2008. A 21.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Meatball Fall 2011 · 27 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009 · 9 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Qingming Festival Open 2009 · 6 Apr 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Open 2008 · 30 Aug 2008
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.
- Jiajun Li (李嘉俊) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shuang Chen (陈霜) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.