People · China
Xu Hou (侯旭)
Skewb · top 22.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019HOUX01
Xu Hou (侯旭) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.57, set at Nanning Open 2019, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,406th in China. Across 6 competitions since May 2019, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.97 in May 2019 to 20.05, a 13% improvement. Xu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.57 | 9.98 | top 22.5% | 1,406 / 5,004 | |
| 3×3 | 20.05 | 23.82 | top 40.1% | 13,756 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.14 | 6.96 | top 41.1% | 7,102 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.77 | 11.66 | top 42.8% | 4,579 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.40 | 43.15 | top 52.1% | 4,456 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.07 | 1:40.72 | top 56.8% | 4,872 / 5,926 | |
| Square-1 | 46.31 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,175 / 1,362 | |
| Clock | 25.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,620 / 1,843 |
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
- 6 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Yunnan Open 2019.
- 1 May 2019First competition: Guiyang Open 2019. A 22.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nanning Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Yunnan Open 2019 · 6 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Jieyang Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Meizhou Open 2019 · 21 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kunming Open 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019
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.
- Tongming Shi (石童鸣) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Feilong Tang (唐飞龙) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yu Guo (郭钰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.