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Mingyi Hou (侯明义)

3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014HOUM01

Mingyi Hou (侯明义) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.71, set at Chongqing Open 2014, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,753rd in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2014, he has put 38 official solves on the record across four events. Mingyi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.71
signature single · Chongqing Open 2014
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×310.7113.71
top 9.6%3,753 / 28,153
3×3 one-handed21.0023.65
top 23.2%2,316 / 5,922
4×453.8658.08
top 29.4%3,026 / 5,926
5×51:51.241:54.79
top 43.4%1,908 / 2,816

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

Chongqing Open 2014: 10.71Shenzhen New Year 2016: 11.2110.7111.219 Aug 20142 Jan 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.