People · China
Yitao Hong (洪奕涛)
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016HONG21
Yitao Hong (洪奕涛) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,296th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2016, he has put 236 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.04 in October 2016 to 8.37, a 30% improvement. Yitao has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 10.83 | top 3.5% | 1,296 / 28,153 | |
| 5×5 | 55.38 | 1:05.07 | top 3.5% | 158 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 2:44.10 | 3:02.99 | top 6.4% | 131 / 1,261 | |
| 4×4 | 35.78 | 37.12 | top 7.4% | 755 / 5,926 | |
| 6×6 | 2:06.55 | 2:18.87 | top 13.9% | 294 / 1,349 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.57 | 20.04 | top 14.0% | 1,393 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.03 | 5.46 | top 26.9% | 4,551 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.53 | 8.76 | top 30.0% | 1,845 / 5,004 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.08 | 9.00 | top 36.8% | 4,003 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Mar 2021Three personal bests in one day at Shaoxing Afternoon 2021.
- 5 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Suzhou Open 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Kunshan Open 2018.
- 1 Oct 2016First competition: Asian Championship 2016. A 12.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kunshan Morning 2021 · 2 May 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaoxing Afternoon 2021 · 27 Mar 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2019 · 4 Aug 2019
- Kunshan Open 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Yancheng Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Suzhou Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunshan Open 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Autumn 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016
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.
- Zhengkai Xu (徐正凯) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zian Song (宋子安) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 5.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.