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Er-Sheng Kuo (郭爾陞)

4×4 · top 1.8% of 83,917 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011KUOE01

Er-Sheng Kuo (郭爾陞) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.95, set at Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in Chinese Taipei. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since October 2011, he has put 2,832 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.59 in October 2011 to 7.37, a 41% improvement. He has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.8% of 83,917 all-time
27.95
signature single · Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018
2,832
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
4×427.9533.15
top 1.8%44 / 1,078
3×37.3710.10
top 1.8%102 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed11.0416.86
top 1.9%25 / 802
Skewb3.175.70
top 5.9%62 / 699
5×51:04.661:11.38
top 8.2%136 / 639
2×22.723.80
top 11.1%310 / 1,669
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.67
top 12.2%22 / 204
6×62:17.232:23.80
top 19.1%111 / 292
Square-120.0929.15
top 28.2%121 / 323
Megaminx1:47.51—
early days — 2 solves207 / 362
7×75:22.625:51.31
top 57.6%190 / 252
Pyraminx33.58—
early days — 1 solve1,006 / 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

Taipei Open 2011: 12.59Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 12.30Magic Revenge 2012: 11.26Taiwan Winter Open 2013: 11.46Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 10.53Kaohsiung Open 2013: 10.62Hsinchu Winter Open 2013: 10.30Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014: 10.33Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014: 11.00Hsinchu Spring Open 2014: 7.37Kaohsiung Summer Open 2014: 8.83Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 10.33Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2014: 11.58Master Challenge 2014: 9.28Hsinchu Winter Open 2014: 10.88Kaohsiung Open 2014: 9.68Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015: 8.97All is Well 2015: 9.69Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015: 9.23Show Off Quickness 2015: 10.44Hsinchu Spring Open 2015: 11.44Taiwan Open 2015: 9.92Hsinchu Summer Open 2015: 9.54Magic Revenge 2015: 9.46Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 10.16Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015: 10.56Taiwan Cubing League - Taichung 2015: 9.27Taipei Open 2015: 10.96Taiwan Cubing League - Kaohsiung 2015: 10.32Hsinchu Winter Open 2016: 9.90All is Well 2016: 8.40Taichung Cube Open 2016: 9.03Maru Cube Day 2016: 10.01Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016: 9.58Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2016: 9.99Kaohsiung Open 2016: 9.53Taiwan Championship 2016: 10.46Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016: 9.25Taipei Open 2017: 10.03All is Well 2017: 8.99Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017: 8.93Maru Cube Day 2017: 8.05Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.64Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017: 9.72Taiwan Championship 2017: 8.07Cubing Tainan 2018: 9.05Hsinchu Winter Open 2018: 11.58Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018: 9.99All is Well 2018: 9.38CK Cubing Party 2018: 10.23Maru X 2018: 9.31Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 10.42Taipei Winter Open 2018: 10.02Taiwan Championship 2018: 8.96Taipei Peace Open 2019: 8.78Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 9.65Dream One Cube Open 2019: 10.94Taiwan Open 2022: 10.09Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 10.167.3712.598 Oct 201116 Sep 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.