People · Chinese Taipei
Chien-Lung Shen (沈建隆)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023SHEN21
Chien-Lung Shen (沈建隆) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2023, he has put 155 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.82 in June 2023 to 8.44, a 34% improvement. He 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 | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.44 | 9.97 | top 3.6% | 209 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 39.37 | 41.42 | top 11.4% | 258 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 3.92 | top 12.1% | 332 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 306 / 639 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.72 | 11.54 | top 42.4% | 554 / 1,016 |
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
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024.
- 18 Jun 2023First competition: Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023. A 12.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Taipei Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
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.
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.