People · China
Shaowei Hou (侯少尉)
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014HOUS01
Shaowei Hou (侯少尉) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.70, set at China Championship 2017, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 379th in China. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since April 2014, he has put 596 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.10 in April 2014 to 6.70, a 45% improvement. Shaowei has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.70 | 9.07 | top 1.0% | 379 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 30.65 | 33.58 | top 3.2% | 324 / 5,926 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.89 | 1:07.45 | top 6.0% | 283 / 2,816 | |
| 6×6 | 1:51.78 | 2:04.69 | top 7.9% | 174 / 1,349 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.76 | top 9.6% | 1,445 / 15,796 | |
| 7×7 | 3:11.54 | 3:24.13 | top 13.8% | 276 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 36.33 | top 26.7% | 289 / 1,058 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.48 | 26.88 | top 30.1% | 2,911 / 5,922 |
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
- 28 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2017.
- 7 Dec 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Xi'an Winter Open 2014.
- 7 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at Xi'an Winter Open 2014.
- 13 Apr 2014First competition: Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014. A 13.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025 · 4 Apr 2025
- Inner Mongolia Winter 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Ningxia Open 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017
- Beijing Ten Years Open 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Inner Mongolia Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Tangshan Open 2017 · 28 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiyuan Open 2017 · 7 May 2017
- Nanjing Spring 2017 · 30 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Summer 2015 · 17 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an More Coffee 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Winter Open 2014 · 7 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Yangling Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2014 · 13 Apr 2014 — 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.
- Zijia Feng (冯子甲) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- Bo Wang (王擘) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Anyu Zhang (张安宇) — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.