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Guanchi Hou (侯冠池)

2×2 · top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019HOUG02

Guanchi Hou (侯冠池) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Beijing Winter 2019, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,747th in China. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 40 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.72 in April 2019 to 15.23, a 14% improvement. Guanchi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 17.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.24
signature single · Beijing Winter 2019
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×23.245.42
top 17.1%2,747 / 15,796
3×315.2317.04
top 25.2%9,476 / 28,153
Clock14.0817.52
top 44.2%1,039 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed30.1033.95
top 46.9%4,125 / 5,922
4×41:13.55
early days — 3 solves4,547 / 5,926

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

Qinhuangdao Open 2019: 17.72Shandong Open 2019: 17.66Beijing Winter 2019: 15.2315.2317.726 Apr 20197 Dec 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.