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Hsin-Yen Cheng (鄭歆嚴)

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013YANX01

Hsin-Yen Cheng (鄭歆嚴) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.13, set at Maru Cube Day 2016, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 852nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 6 competitions since March 2013, he has put 171 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.53 in March 2013 to 12.13, a 31% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.13
signature single · Maru Cube Day 2016
171
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×312.1314.52
top 14.3%852 / 4,213
2×23.246.09
top 17.1%445 / 1,669
Pyraminx6.3714.07
top 22.8%337 / 1,016
3×3 one-handed23.0933.66
top 29.0%378 / 802
4×459.231:03.04
top 35.7%598 / 1,078
Skewb9.1919.20
top 49.7%435 / 699
5×52:10.972:48.63
top 56.0%490 / 639
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
early days — 1 solve177 / 204

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

MARU Cube for kid Day 2013: 17.53All is Well 2015: 14.78Maru Cube for Kids Day 2015: 13.28Taiwan Open 2015: 13.56Maru Cube Day 2016: 12.13WCA Asian Championship 2018: 12.4412.1317.5330 Mar 201317 Aug 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.