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Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻)

3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018HOUY01

Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Zhongshan Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 66th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,531 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.70 in June 2018 to 6.92, an 83% improvement. He has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time
6.92
signature single · Zhongshan Open 2025
1,531
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×36.928.92
top 1.2%66 / 4,369
2×21.663.53
top 2.9%65 / 1,671
4×430.2033.16
top 3.0%84 / 1,079
5×555.251:03.86
top 3.5%57 / 640
Skewb2.834.98
top 4.2%36 / 700
3×3 one-handed13.5317.94
top 5.4%62 / 805
Pyraminx3.554.90
top 5.7%95 / 1,017
Megaminx53.2959.32
top 6.7%40 / 363
Square-112.1016.47
top 10.1%49 / 323
6×62:01.592:04.30
top 11.7%69 / 293
7×73:07.133:13.00
top 12.5%63 / 252
3×3 blindfolded1:18.911:48.02
top 19.2%29 / 149
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%40 / 205
Clock11.0712.45
top 30.3%136 / 370
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 50:04—
top 33.0%15 / 54
4×4 blindfolded19:19.00—
early days — 2 solves21 / 24

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

Maru X 2018: 39.70Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 32.48Maru Cube Day 2019: 15.81Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 11.05Taiwan Championship 2019: 13.89Pingtung Cubing Open 2020: 10.65Maru Cube Day 2021: 9.98Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 10.41Chiayi Open 2022: 9.68Pingtung Summer Open 2022: 8.82Maru Cube Day 2022: 9.18Taiwan Championship 2022: 9.14Taichung Open 2023: 9.29Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.80Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024: 9.29Taipei Summer Open 2024: 8.53Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 9.02Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024: 9.12Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 8.75Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024: 8.69Taiwan Championship 2024: 10.49Pingtung Winter Open 2025: 8.75BQHS Spring Open 2025: 8.92Zhongshan Open 2025: 6.92Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 7.36Taipei Summer Open 2025: 8.29Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 8.29Hsinchu Summer Open 2025: 8.61Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025: 7.61Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025: 8.39Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025: 7.84Taiwan Championship 2025: 7.48Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025: 8.82Dream in Chiang Mai 2026: 8.20Zhongshan Open 2026: 8.29Taipei Cube Open 2026: 7.35Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 7.80Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 7.63Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 7.66Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026: 7.586.9239.7030 Jun 201813 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.