People · China
Yi Hou (侯夷)
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011HOUY01
Yi Hou (侯夷) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.80, set at China Championship 2015, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,756th in China. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2011, he has put 407 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 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.61 in July 2011 to 2.32, an 11% improvement. Yi has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.80 | 12.43 | top 6.9% | 2,756 / 28,499 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.57 | top 7.3% | 1,050 / 15,939 | |
| Skewb | 3.62 | 6.95 | top 8.5% | 488 / 5,030 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.92 | 20.66 | top 12.4% | 1,243 / 5,994 | |
| 4×4 | 44.08 | 46.05 | top 17.2% | 1,885 / 5,999 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 10.64 | top 17.3% | 2,025 / 10,269 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.91 | 1:48.32 | top 35.4% | 1,623 / 2,857 | |
| Square-1 | 24.44 | 31.49 | top 38.0% | 648 / 1,373 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Oct 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at China Championship 2015.
- 2 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at China Championship 2015.
- 10 Aug 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.54 at Chongqing Open 2013.
- 10 Aug 2013Four personal bests in one day at Chongqing Open 2013.
- 31 Jul 2011First competition: Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011. A 17.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2016 · 16 Oct 2016
- Chongqing Open 2016 · 16 Jul 2016
- Nanjing Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shanghai Spring 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2015 · 27 Dec 2015
- Zhenjiang Open 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Nanjing Autumn 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanjing Spring 2014 · 7 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Chongqing Open 2013 · 10 Aug 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Summer Vacation 2011 · 31 Jul 2011
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.
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Yinghao Wang (王鹰豪) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Renxin Tang (汤任欣) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.