People · China
Bowen Hu (胡博文)
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024HUBO01
Bowen Hu (胡博文) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.10, set at Xi'an New Year 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 527th in China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2024, he has put 404 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in April 2024 to 7.10, a 38% improvement. Bowen has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.10 | 10.37 | top 1.5% | 527 / 28,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.61 | 16.45 | top 5.5% | 522 / 5,994 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 4.14 | top 13.4% | 2,118 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 6.43 | top 14.4% | 893 / 5,030 | |
| 4×4 | 42.61 | 46.38 | top 15.3% | 1,687 / 5,999 | |
| Clock | 20.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,466 / 1,887 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.09 | 16.81 | top 67.8% | 6,884 / 10,269 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an New Year 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 14 Apr 2024First competition: Kunshan Open 2024. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Guangzhou Grand Open 2026 · 5 Oct 2026
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Zhengzhou Zest 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Guilin Open 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taizhou Open 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Luoyang Spring 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Chengdu Spring Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Deqing Big Cubes Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tianjin Open 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kunshan Open 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wuouran Liu (刘巫偶然) — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.