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Yunmai Hou (侯云迈)

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016HOUY01

Yunmai Hou (侯云迈) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Xuzhou Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,356th in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2016, he has put 432 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.88 in March 2016 to 9.50, a 32% improvement. Yunmai has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.50
signature single · Xuzhou Autumn 2024
432
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.5011.02
top 6.1%2,356 / 28,153
Skewb4.346.29
top 13.3%809 / 5,004
2×23.914.87
top 25.3%4,274 / 15,796
3×3 one-handed21.7925.86
top 25.4%2,498 / 5,922
Square-118.9821.46
top 25.6%426 / 1,362
Pyraminx6.828.54
top 26.4%2,957 / 10,224
4×456.34—
top 32.3%3,246 / 5,926
5×51:41.092:02.26
top 36.2%1,628 / 2,816
Clock12.5816.09
top 37.8%904 / 1,843
6×64:37.504:40.90
early days — 3 solves1,244 / 1,349
7×77:13.917:16.04
early days — 3 solves1,189 / 1,261
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,012 / 1,058

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

Qingdao Open 2016: 13.88Tangshan Open 2016: 13.76Asian Championship 2016: 13.07Nanchang Winter 2016: 13.70Qingdao Prime Numbers 2017: 10.93Weihai Open 2017: 11.54Jinan Open 2017: 12.67Zibo Open 2017: 11.14Qingdao Open 2018: 11.39Weihai Open 2018: 11.43Weihai Open 2019: 11.56Heze Open 2019: 10.92Zhengzhou Summer 2021: 11.59Zibo Open 2024: 10.82Xuzhou Autumn 2024: 9.50Zibo Open 2025: 9.529.5013.8820 Mar 201610 Aug 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.