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Jiacheng Hou (侯佳成)

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018HOUJ02

Jiacheng Hou (侯佳成) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.43, set at Tianjin Summer Open 2018, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,377th in China. Across 4 competitions since April 2018, he has put 66 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.76 in April 2018 to 13.43, a 20% improvement. Jiacheng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.43
signature single · Tianjin Summer Open 2018
66
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×313.4316.40
top 19.0%7,377 / 28,153
2×23.706.16
top 22.7%3,743 / 15,796
4×458.791:04.08
top 35.2%3,486 / 5,926
Skewb7.7514.94
top 39.4%2,350 / 5,004
3×3 one-handed29.4736.51
top 45.4%4,046 / 5,922
Pyraminx9.9911.50
top 52.9%5,534 / 10,224

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

Changsha Xiangmo 2018: 16.76Guilin Open 2018: 14.17Tianjin Summer Open 2018: 13.4313.4316.7629 Apr 201824 Jun 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.