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Jiaxin Hou (候家欣)

4×4 · top 2.7% of 85,040 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013HOUJ01

Jiaxin Hou (候家欣) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.71, set at Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in China. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since June 2013, he has put 1,341 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.72 in June 2013 to 9.00, a 43% improvement. Jiaxin has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.7% of 85,040 all-time
29.71
signature single · Wuhan Golden Autumn 2026
1,341
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
4×429.7134.12
top 2.7%268 / 5,999
3×3 one-handed12.1417.52
top 3.2%282 / 5,994
5×554.971:01.39
top 3.4%158 / 2,857
3×39.0010.88
top 4.9%1,887 / 28,499
6×61:47.281:53.12
top 6.3%146 / 1,363
2×22.233.92
top 6.5%939 / 15,939
Pyraminx4.046.15
top 7.9%948 / 10,269
Skewb3.766.68
top 9.3%548 / 5,030
7×72:57.903:17.58
top 10.0%209 / 1,274
Square-116.5526.04
top 20.0%324 / 1,373
Megaminx1:24.671:32.75
top 24.8%776 / 1,693
Clock12.7515.33
top 38.5%949 / 1,887
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 1 solve571 / 1,071

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

Luoyang Open 2013: 15.72Hefei Open 2013: 15.64Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014: 11.41Hefei Spring 2014: 12.49Zhengzhou Open 2014: 10.08Suzhou Open 2014: 11.91Hefei Summer Open 2014: 9.89Guangdong Open 2014: 10.89Xi'an New Year 2015: 10.99AnHui University Open 2015: 10.87Nanjing Spring 2015: 11.91Wuhan Open 2015: 9.93Zhengzhou Open 2015: 10.36Xining Summer Open 2015: 9.00China Championship 2015: 9.82Wuhan University Open 2015: 10.75Xi'an Open 2015: 9.85Shanghai Spring 2016: 9.04Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2016: 10.81Chengdu Open 2016: 9.83Cube of Odd Numbers 2016: 9.88Jinhua Open 2016: 9.78Wuhan Open 2016: 10.15Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2017: 9.56Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017: 10.31Zhengzhou Open 2024: 10.009.0015.7216 Jun 20138 Dec 2024

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-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.71 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.