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Yongxing Hou (侯永兴)

3×3 one-handed · top 19.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HOUY03

Yongxing Hou (侯永兴) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 19.69, set at Nanjing Autumn 2018, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,969th in China. Across 4 competitions since November 2016, he has put 59 official solves on the record across six events. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.35 in November 2016 to 3.66, a 32% improvement. Yongxing has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 19.7% of 73,695 all-time
19.69
signature single · Nanjing Autumn 2018
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×3 one-handed19.6921.90
top 19.7%1,969 / 5,922
2×23.664.82
top 22.2%3,657 / 15,796
Square-119.5229.40
top 26.9%452 / 1,362
3×315.9918.17
top 27.8%10,308 / 28,153
Clock11.2411.65
top 31.3%738 / 1,843
Pyraminx8.2212.77
top 38.1%4,125 / 10,224

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

Taiyuan Winter Open 2016: 5.35Linfen Open 2018: 3.663.665.3520 Nov 20168 Jul 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.69 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.