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Yiqian Hou (侯一茜)

3×3 · top 46.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HOUY04

Yiqian Hou (侯一茜) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.27, set at XJTU Open 2016, puts her in the top 46.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,502nd in China. Across 1 competition since November 2016, she has put 14 official solves on the record across three events.

3×3
best event — top 46.2% of 288,433 all-time
22.27
signature single · XJTU Open 2016
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×322.2729.37
top 46.2%15,502 / 28,499
Skewb8.7712.19
top 47.0%2,723 / 5,030
2×26.589.64
top 56.8%9,718 / 15,939

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 story so far

  • 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 22.27 3×3 single to start from.

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.27 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,669 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as she improves.