People · China
Yao Hou (侯尧)
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017HOUY01
Yao Hou (侯尧) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Ezhou Open 2019, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,563rd in China. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2017, he has put 560 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.81 in May 2017 to 9.69, a 59% improvement. Yao has entered 21 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 | 9.69 | 11.98 | top 6.6% | 2,563 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.88 | top 6.8% | 959 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 6.24 | top 12.9% | 1,535 / 10,224 | |
| Skewb | 5.25 | 10.85 | top 20.1% | 1,244 / 5,004 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.75 | 1:16.01 | top 44.7% | 4,193 / 5,926 |
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
- 23 Nov 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Ezhou Open 2019.
- 2 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Nanchang Open 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Nanchang Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.79 at Hefei Open 2017.
- 5 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Hefei Open 2017.
Competitions
- Xiamen Winter 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ezhou Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Guiyang Open 2019 · 1 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan Chuyun Spring 2019 · 24 Mar 2019
- WHUT Open 2018 · 9 Dec 2018
- Chengdu Winter Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018
- China Championship 2018 · 2 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wuhan University Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Nanchang Dragon-boat Open 2018 · 17 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- HUST Open 2018 · 26 May 2018
- You May Open 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hubei University Shahu Spring 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017 · 25 Nov 2017
- Nanchang Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- HUST Special Cubes Open 2017 · 15 Oct 2017
- Hefei Open 2017 · 5 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wuhan NxN Open 2017 · 20 May 2017
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Baocheng Wu (吴宝城) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Minjie Huang (黄敏杰) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.