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Ho Hsieh (謝合)

4×4 · top 0.37% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015HSIE02

Ho Hsieh (謝合) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.22, set at Welcome Back Taipei 2021, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Chinese Taipei. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2015, he has put 1,857 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.55 in July 2015 to 6.65, an 82% improvement. Ho has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.37% of 83,917 all-time
23.22
signature single · Welcome Back Taipei 2021
1,857
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
4×423.2227.73
top 0.37%15 / 1,078
2×21.081.57
top 0.72%16 / 1,669
3×36.657.64
top 0.98%51 / 4,213
Pyraminx1.993.33
top 1.1%15 / 1,016
5×548.2554.34
top 1.3%24 / 639
Skewb2.043.73
top 1.5%12 / 699
Megaminx42.9550.45
top 2.4%16 / 362
Square-18.248.97
top 3.4%13 / 323
3×3 one-handed12.6515.40
top 3.9%48 / 802
7×72:45.283:04.59
top 6.6%35 / 252
6×61:49.661:58.28
top 7.0%40 / 292
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves30.67
top 8.0%11 / 204
Clock7.149.26
top 11.5%49 / 366
3×3 blindfolded1:42.302:22.48
top 27.4%40 / 147

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

Taiwan Open 2015: 37.55Maru X 2018: 9.56WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.23Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 10.34Taipei Winter Open 2018: 9.10Taiwan Championship 2018: 7.98Taichung Cubing Open 2019: 8.47Zhuyuangang Open 2019: 9.17HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019: 7.67All is Well Tainan 2019: 8.04Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 7.62Maru Cube Day 2019: 8.59Matsu Open 2019: 6.73Dream One Cube Open 2019: 6.92Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 7.45Lanyang Open 2019: 8.13Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 7.25Taiwan Championship 2019: 6.91Pingtung Cubing Open 2020: 6.65Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 7.92Maru Cube Day 2021: 6.84Welcome Back Taipei 2021: 6.93Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 7.216.6537.5511 Jul 201512 Feb 2022

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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.22 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.