People · Chinese Taipei
Cheng-Syun Shih (施澄勛)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SHIH07
Cheng-Syun Shih (施澄勛) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2024, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.96 in October 2024 to 8.84, a 32% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.84 | 11.82 | top 4.5% | 273 / 4,369 | |
| 4×4 | 39.89 | 42.15 | top 12.1% | 272 / 1,079 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 348 / 640 |
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
- 14 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024. A 13.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 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.
- Tzu-Heng Lin (林子恆) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ching-Hsiang Li (李清翔) — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.