People · China
Yuting Hou (侯玉婷)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015HOUY02
Yuting Hou (侯玉婷) has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Wuhan Autumn 2019, puts her in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,698th in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2015, she has put 68 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.64 in October 2015 to 8.82, a 40% improvement. Yuting has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.82 | 10.13 | top 4.5% | 1,698 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 5.04 | 6.74 | top 39.8% | 6,878 / 15,796 |
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
- 13 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.82 at Wuhan Autumn 2019.
- 2 Oct 2015First competition: China Championship 2015. A 14.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024 · 5 Apr 2024
- Luoyang Spring 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
- Wuhan Open 2021 · 5 Jun 2021
- Wuhan Autumn 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Qianjiang Summer Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2015 · 2 Oct 2015
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.
- Xinyun Chen (陈新运) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jiayu Wang (王佳宇) — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as she improves.