People · Chinese Taipei
Rui-Cheng Hou (侯睿晟)
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024HOUR02
Rui-Cheng Hou (侯睿晟) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 180th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 104 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.57 in January 2024 to 8.26, a 29% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.43 | top 3.3% | 180 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 40.51 | 45.47 | top 12.7% | 285 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.16 | 20.91 | top 15.5% | 208 / 802 |
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
- 25 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024. A 13.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Taichung Open 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.