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Currently
Grade 8 · SMIC Shanghai
Representing
China · 2026
Seeking
Top Secondary Schools
Fields
Engineering · Sport · Debate
Available for schools & opportunities — 2026
Robotics · Rowing · Builder — Shanghai, China

George Hu

FTC World Championship qualifier. World #6 rower. Self-taught builder who ships things for real users.

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2026
FTC Worlds
#6
World Ranking
99th
MAP Percentile
6+
Years Robotics
FTC World Championship ✦
Competitive Rowing ✦
MAP 99th Percentile ✦
BP Debate ✦
World Scholar's Cup ✦
Digital Builder ✦
Yale Global Rounds ✦
Shanghai, China ✦
FTC World Championship ✦
Competitive Rowing ✦
MAP 99th Percentile ✦
BP Debate ✦
World Scholar's Cup ✦
Digital Builder ✦
Yale Global Rounds ✦
Shanghai, China ✦
About Me
George Hu
Grade 8 · Shanghai

Engineer,
athlete, builder.

I'm George Hu (胡敬知) — a Grade 8 student at SMIC Private School, Shanghai. I like understanding how things work, then making them work better. That impulse has taken me from writing autonomous routines for a robot headed to the 2026 World Championship, to pulling an oar at dawn on the Huangpu, to shipping software projects nobody asked me to build.

The thread that connects all of it is the same: figure out the system, put in the reps, and build something real. Whether the system is a PID loop, a rowing stroke, or an argument in a debate round, the process never changes — and that's what I love about it.

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FTC awards won
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Years rowing competitively
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World ranking — U19 relay
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FTC World Championship
Academic Performance

Numbers that
back it up.

NWEA MAP Growth Fall 2025 · Grade 8 · No prep
Reading
RIT 243
~95th percentile  ·  +27 above grade norm
Literary Text · High Vocabulary · High Informational · High Lexile 1420L–1570L
Language Usage
RIT 247
~98–99th percentile  ·  +33 above grade norm
Writing · High Mechanics · High Grammar/Usage · High
TOEFL Junior
855/900
Grade 6 · No specialised prep
English Proficiency Above Grade Level
What I Do

Where I
invest my time.

Three commitments, one habit: show up, do the hard part first, and don't stop until the thing actually works.

01
Sep 2024 — Present · Team IK19859
FTC Robotics

Six years in robotics, four FTC seasons. As control-systems lead on Team IK19859, I write the Java that makes the robot think for itself in a 30-second autonomous window. At California Invitational 2025, we became the first Chinese team to reach Champion Alliance. Now we're headed to Worlds in Turkey.

Java PID Control Sensor Fusion Autonomous Systems Vice-Captain
Results & Awards
2026 FTC World Championship — Qualified, Turkey (Jul 2026)
Control Award — California Invitational 2025
Think Award — FTC Beijing Qualifier 2025–26
Innovate Award — Lobster Cup International 2025
Champion Alliance — Chongqing Qualifier & Lobster Cup
Finalist Alliance Runner-up — China Nationals
Robot #1985 — FTC IK19859 competition number plate close-up
Robot #1985 — Competition
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02
2023 — Present · Shanghai Youth Rowing Team
Competitive Rowing

5:30 AM, fog on the water, lungs burning by the second piece. Six to eight hours a week, year-round. I track splits obsessively, run video analysis for the team, and prep race-day strategy. World #6 at WRICH 2026.

WRICH 2026 HKIRC 2026 HKRIC 2026 Video Analysis Split Tracking
Race Results
500m — 1:36 · 1000m — 3:33 · 2000m — 7:28 — HK Indoor Rowing Championships
2000m World Top 83% for U14 — HK Indoor Rowing Championships
World #6 — WRICH 2026, U19 Mixed 5000m Relay
World #29 — WRICH 2026, U17 Men 1000m
#8 — HKRIC 2026, U14–16 Men 1000m (2000m: 7:28.9)
Silver 2x · Bronze 4x — Shanghai Youth Open 2025
Solo sculler at golden hour — training on open water
Golden hour — solo sculls
Mid-stroke intensity — crew at full power
Mid-stroke — full power
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03
Ongoing · British Parliamentary Format
BP Debate

Fifteen minutes of prep, then you stand up with half a case and a room waiting for you to fail. BP debate taught me to find the weak joint in an argument while building my own. CISDAC Team Champion. Yale Global Rounds qualifier. The skills show up every time I defend a design choice or lead a strategy call.

BP Format World Scholar's Cup CISDAC Rebuttal Argumentation
Competitions
Team Champion — CISDAC Open Division
World Scholar's Cup — Debate, Writing & Scholar Bowl
English Week Chair & Emcee — SMIC Private School
Pudong District Children's Congress — Delegate
Class Academic Monitor — academic lead
George presenting at ASEEDER — centre stage with judges listening
ASEEDER — Silver Award
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Selected Work

Things I built
because no one else would.

01
FTC Team IK19859
Vice-Captain & Control Systems Lead. Built autonomous routines with Java, sensor fusion, and PID-tuned motion for competition. Won the Control Award at California Invitational 2025. Qualified for 2026 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in Turkey (Jul 2026).
Java PID Control Sensor Fusion Autonomous Systems
02
ScoutSelect
Alliance selection intelligence platform for FTC. Monte Carlo win projections (2,000 iterations), OPR via Gaussian elimination, Bayesian shrinkage, synergy scoring, and smart pick optimizer. Built by Team IK19859. Deployed at scoutselect.org.
Next.js 15 TypeScript React 19 Tailwind CSS v4 GraphQL
03
ApexType (typing & CPS speed test)
Competitive typing speed app with real-time leaderboards, custom text sets, and WPM analytics.
JavaScript WebSockets Node.js
04
Nova SMP (Minecraft server + AI tools)
Self-hosted MC server built with AI tools, plus original video ads produced to attract and retain real players.
Server Admin AI Tools Video Production
05
Flight Network (airline miles comparison)
Static web tool to compare mileage redemption value across airlines and routes — built, self-tested, and iterated from real feedback.
JavaScript Static Web AI-Assisted
06
Depowhiteboard (real-time collaborative canvas)New
Real-time collaborative whiteboard with pen, brush, marker, shapes & fill tools — live cursor tracking, room-based sessions via shareable links, undo/redo, Socket.io sync.
Socket.io Express.js JavaScript
07
GHutils (GitHub workflow utilities)New
Static web tool for GitHub utility workflows — built in TypeScript and iterated from real feedback.
TypeScript Static Web
09
DailyCLI (Python task automation CLI)New
Python command-line tool designed to help automate and organize daily tasks — built to strengthen scripting, workflow design, and practical CLI development.
Python CLI
10
Velora (JavaScript interactive UI)New
JavaScript web project focused on interactive, visually styled user experiences — extensive CSS customization, structured HTML layout, and modern interface prototyping.
JavaScript CSS HTML
Timeline

Competing,
building, &
leading.

A track record built across robotics, competitive sport, debate, and the classroom.

Sep 2024 — Present
Vice-Captain & Control Systems Lead
FTC Team IK19859

Built autonomous control systems in Java using PID tuning and sensor fusion. Won Control Award (California Invitational 2025), Think Award (Beijing Qualifier), Innovate Award (Lobster Cup International). China Nationals Finalist Alliance Runner-up. Qualified for 2026 World Championship in Turkey.

2023 — Present
Competitive Rower
Shanghai Youth Rowing Team

Training 6–8 hours per week. HK Indoor Rowing Championships: 500m 1:36, 1000m 3:33, 2000m 7:28 (world top 83% U14). WRICH 2026: World #6 in U19 Mixed 5000m Relay, World #29 in U17 Men 1000m. HKRIC 2026: #8 in U14–16 Men 1000m. Shanghai Youth Open 2025: 2x Silver, 4x Bronze. Responsible for video analysis, split tracking, and race-day preparation.

Ongoing · 5+ years
Debater & Team Champion
British Parliamentary & World Scholar's Cup

CISDAC Open Division Team Champion. World Scholar's Cup — multiple Gold medals in Team Debate, Collaborative Writing, and Scholar's Challenge. Qualified for Yale Global Rounds. Training 10+ hours/week across BP format, argumentation, and precision writing.

2024–2025
Business Competitor
ASDAN Asia Business Challenge

Team Silver (2nd place) & Best Individual Presenter. Qualified for World Youth Economic Forum, Harvard Business Challenge, and ASDAN Financial Intelligence All-Star Forum.

2019–2020
Science Competitor
Early Science & Innovation

Started systematic science exploration at age 4. World Odyssey of the Mind — International Gold Medal (2019). ICW International Silver Medal (2020). Cross-disciplinary competition background that established a foundation for engineering and robotics.

2022 — Jun 2028
Student · Grade 8
SMIC Private School, Shanghai

School Captain (Primary School). Class Academic Monitor. Red Star Award recipient. English Week Chair & Emcee. Pudong District Children's Congress Delegate. MAP Growth: Reading 95th %ile, Language Usage 98–99th %ile.

Get In Touch

I'm always looking for the
next problem worth solving.

Whether you're a school, a team, a collaborator, or just want to say hello — I'd love to hear from you.

georgehu67@gmail.com