People · China
Benyu Hou (侯本余)
3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019HOUB01
Benyu Hou (侯本余) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.08, set at NEU Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,589th in China. Across 2 competitions since January 2019, he has put 40 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.39 in January 2019 to 12.08, a 34% improvement. Benyu has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.08 | 16.43 | top 14.2% | 5,589 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 6.40 | top 15.2% | 2,411 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.13 | 10.03 | top 21.0% | 2,403 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 50.22 | 58.92 | top 25.0% | 2,654 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 18.84 | top 47.9% | 2,749 / 5,004 | |
| 7×7 | 5:54.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,070 / 1,261 |
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
- 15 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.08 at NEU Open 2019.
- 27 Jan 2019First competition: Shenyang New Year 2019. A 18.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NEU Open 2019 · 15 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenyang New Year 2019 · 27 Jan 2019
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.
- Xiaojian Li (李晓健) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Guangtao Zhang (张广韬) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yidi Guo (郭一荻) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.