People · China
Zhenyan Hou (侯震言)
3×3 · top 47.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HOUZ01
Zhenyan Hou (侯震言) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.97, set at Xi'an New Year 2020, puts him in the top 47.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,600th in China. Across 9 competitions since November 2016, he has put 78 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.37 in November 2016 to 22.97, a 58% improvement. Zhenyan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 22.97 | 28.08 | top 47.8% | 15,600 / 28,153 | |
| 2×2 | 7.25 | 9.92 | top 62.4% | 10,441 / 15,796 | |
| Pyraminx | 31.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,082 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Apr 2018First sub-30 3×3: 26.25 at Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018.
- 27 Nov 2016First competition: XJTU Open 2016. A 54.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Xi'an New Year 2020 · 1 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chengdu Open 2019 · 1 May 2019
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an New Year 2017 · 2 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- XJTU Open 2016 · 27 Nov 2016
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.
- Xianglong Gao (高向龙) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiyang Gao (高凯阳) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mingzhe Li (李明哲) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.97 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.