People · China
Nianming Hou (侯念明)
3×3 · top 48.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009HOUN01
Nianming Hou (侯念明) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.38, set at Nanjing Spring Open 2010, puts him in the top 48.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,824th in China. Across 4 competitions since December 2009, he has put 20 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.55 in December 2009 to 23.38, a 36% improvement. Nianming has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 23.38 | 27.53 | top 48.9% | 15,824 / 28,153 |
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
- 7 Feb 2010First sub-30 3×3: 28.06 at Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010.
- 6 Dec 2009First competition: Nanjing Open 2009. A 36.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shanghai Open 2010 · 14 Aug 2010
- Nanjing Spring Open 2010 · 25 Apr 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Shanghai Winter Cubing Festival 2010 · 7 Feb 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Open 2009 · 6 Dec 2009
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.
- Congbiao Jiang (蒋丛骉) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuyang Zhang (张裕阳) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
- Guanghua Wang (王光华) — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.