People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻)
3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,521 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 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 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.92 | 8.92 | top 1.2% | 65 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 3.53 | top 2.9% | 65 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 30.20 | 33.16 | top 3.0% | 84 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 55.25 | 1:03.86 | top 3.5% | 57 / 639 | |
| Skewb | 2.83 | 4.98 | top 4.2% | 36 / 699 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.53 | 17.94 | top 5.3% | 62 / 802 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 4.90 | top 5.7% | 95 / 1,016 | |
| Megaminx | 53.29 | 59.32 | top 6.6% | 40 / 362 | |
| Square-1 | 12.10 | 16.47 | top 10.1% | 49 / 323 | |
| 6×6 | 2:01.59 | 2:04.30 | top 11.6% | 69 / 292 | |
| 7×7 | 3:07.13 | 3:13.00 | top 12.5% | 63 / 252 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:18.91 | 1:48.02 | top 19.2% | 29 / 147 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 37.00 | top 20.4% | 40 / 204 | |
| Clock | 11.07 | 12.45 | top 30.4% | 136 / 366 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 8 cubes · 50:04 | — | top 32.8% | 15 / 54 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 19:19.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 21 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Big and Round Taichung 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pingtung Winter Open 2025.
- 6 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei PBQ Open 2026 · 26 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Please Don't DNF Kaohsiung 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dream in Chiang Mai 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- Big and Round Taichung 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Be Quiet 2025 · 27 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Pingtung Cubing Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 330 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 273 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 262 rounds, finished ahead 169 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.