People · Chinese Taipei
Hsiao-Lien Chen (陳孝濂)
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023CHEH05
Hsiao-Lien Chen (陳孝濂) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.66, set at Taipei Summer Open 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 397th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2023, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.49 in November 2023 to 9.66, a 33% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.66 | 11.21 | top 6.5% | 397 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.96 | top 15.2% | 399 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 45.18 | 1:05.95 | top 18.5% | 391 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.75 | 35.16 | top 43.8% | 534 / 802 | |
| Skewb | 9.12 | 12.60 | top 49.3% | 430 / 699 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Taipei Summer Open 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First competition: Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023. A 14.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 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.
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yun-Kai Yeh (葉昀愷) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.