People · United States
Anthony Hsu
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2005 · 2005HSUA01
Anthony Hsu has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Yale Fall 2011, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,706th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since May 2005, he has put 1,189 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.32 in May 2005 to 9.75, a 52% improvement. Anthony has entered 37 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.75 | 11.94 | top 6.8% | 3,706 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.02 | top 8.4% | 3,319 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 33.67 | top 9.9% | 229 / 2,040 | |
| Skewb | 4.65 | 13.73 | top 15.6% | 2,446 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.43 | 23.60 | top 21.6% | 2,778 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 52.29 | 59.08 | top 27.5% | 4,251 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:56.05 | 3:16.01 | top 32.2% | 666 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.05 | 1:46.25 | top 33.1% | 2,625 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.34 | 2:02.19 | top 36.6% | 2,624 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 5 cubes · 43:52 | — | top 38.1% | 288 / 731 | |
| Clock | 14.91 | 17.71 | top 47.6% | 3,859 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 37.44 | 43.20 | top 62.0% | 4,093 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 5:57.99 | 6:31.35 | top 67.2% | 2,036 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 4:33.65 | 4:41.71 | top 75.6% | 3,003 / 4,196 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 15:03.00 | — | top 77.3% | 322 / 440 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 33:14.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 203 / 218 | |
| Pyraminx | 23.02 | 37.38 | top 95.7% | 27,875 / 28,708 |
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
- 3 Aug 2012Six personal bests in one day at United States National Championships 2012.
- 10 Sep 2011First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Yale Fall 2011.
- 12 Aug 2011Six personal bests in one day at United States National Championships 2011.
- 23 Apr 2011Four personal bests in one day at Cornell Spring 2011.
- 2 Oct 2010Six personal bests in one day at Harvard Fall 2010.
- 22 Mar 2008Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Open 2008.
Competitions
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016
- Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2015 · 21 Feb 2015
- BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014 · 2 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
- BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014 · 14 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013
- CCFC Fall 2013 · 21 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's College Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Spring 2012 · 29 Apr 2012
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Yale Fall 2011 · 10 Sep 2011 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 6 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2011 · 7 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Cornell Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2010 · 2 Oct 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010
- Connecticut Summer Competition 2009 · 1 Aug 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes Summer competition 2009 · 26 Jul 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008 · 14 Jun 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Kearny Kardinal competition 2008 · 16 Feb 2008
- Captain's Cove competition 2007 · 26 May 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2007 · 22 Apr 2007 — 4 personal bests set
- Cornell Spring competition 2007 · 31 Mar 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 4 personal bests set
- Trumbull Spring competition 2006 · 27 May 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring competition 2006 · 29 Apr 2006 — 6 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2005 · 10 Dec 2005
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005 — 4 personal bests set
- Horace Mann Spring competition 2005 · 28 May 2005 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 203 rounds, finished ahead 102 times
- Bob Burton — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 111 times
- Kian Barry — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 87 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.