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Zhihong Huang (黄志鸿)

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014HUAN28

Zhihong Huang (黄志鸿) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Dongguan Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,690th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2014, he has put 279 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. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.04 in October 2014 to 8.81, a 51% improvement. Zhihong has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.81
signature single · Dongguan Open 2019
279
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
3×38.8111.06
top 4.4%1,690 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed14.1715.95
top 6.4%613 / 5,922
2×22.483.81
top 8.7%1,285 / 15,796
4×441.4844.33
top 13.9%1,503 / 5,926
5×51:40.301:45.15
top 35.6%1,604 / 2,816
Square-131.3037.82
top 51.8%888 / 1,362

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

Guangdong Open 2014: 18.04China Championship 2015: 12.97Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016: 10.99Dongguan Open 2018: 10.73Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 11.78Shantou Open 2018: 9.58Shenzhen Nanshan 2018: 10.08Dongguan Open 2019: 8.81Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 9.54Dongguan Spring 2019: 9.918.8118.041 Oct 201421 Apr 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.