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Yizhi Hu (胡一之)

2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011HUYI03

Yizhi Hu (胡一之) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,043rd in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2011, he has put 206 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Yizhi has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.33
signature single · Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015
206
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×22.333.52
top 7.3%1,043 / 15,796
3×310.5811.39
top 9.2%3,606 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed16.1219.56
top 10.5%1,026 / 5,922
4×449.6552.45
top 24.3%2,591 / 5,926
3×3 blindfolded1:49.30
top 29.7%412 / 1,183
5×51:43.781:51.68
top 38.2%1,719 / 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

Hangzhou Open 2011: 11.38Wenzhou Open 2013: 10.68Guangzhou More Fun Site 2015: 11.09Wenzhou Open 2015: 10.58Caltech Fall 2015: 10.85Empire State Fall 2019: 10.8310.5811.3820 Aug 201112 Oct 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.