People · Chinese Taipei
Hong-Lin Tsai (蔡宏麟)
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020TSAI03
Hong-Lin Tsai (蔡宏麟) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.08, set at New Taipei Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 303rd in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2020, he has put 51 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.92 in December 2020 to 9.08, a 30% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.08 | 11.44 | top 5.1% | 303 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.59 | 28.49 | top 27.6% | 357 / 802 |
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
- 19 Dec 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.26 at Welcome Back Taipei 2021.
- 18 Dec 2020First competition: Taiwan Championship 2020. A 12.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Taipei Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022
- Welcome Back Taipei 2021 · 19 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
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.
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.