People · China
Xiaolun Hou (侯骁伦)
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024HOUX01
Xiaolun Hou (侯骁伦) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Fushun Open 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,833rd in China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across five events. Xiaolun has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 11.60 | top 7.3% | 2,833 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 5.03 | top 24.6% | 4,130 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.91 | 8.25 | top 27.2% | 3,041 / 10,224 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,719 / 5,926 | |
| Skewb | 12.46 | 14.55 | top 68.3% | 3,600 / 5,004 |
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 Jan 2024First competition: Fushun Open 2024. A 11.64 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Fushun Open 2024.
Competitions
- Shenyang Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fushun Open 2024 · 28 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.
- Yusheng Du (杜宇生) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chenhao Ma (马晨皓) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Heyu Fu (付荷语) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.