People · Chinese Taipei
Hsiu-Lin Chuang (莊修霖)
Pyraminx · top 2.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013CHUA01
Hsiu-Lin Chuang (莊修霖) has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.68, set at Taiwan Open 2015, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Chinese Taipei. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2013, he has put 530 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in August 2013 to 9.46, a 40% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.68 | 4.31 | top 2.7% | 45 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 | 9.46 | 10.88 | top 6.0% | 362 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.50 | 17.27 | top 9.1% | 133 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 38.89 | 45.80 | top 10.8% | 250 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.81 | top 16.8% | 439 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.71 | 1:28.84 | top 18.9% | 241 / 639 |
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
- 11 Jul 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Taiwan Open 2015.
- 2 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2014.
- 29 Dec 2013Four personal bests in one day at Hsinchu Winter Open 2013.
- 26 Oct 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Kaohsiung Open 2013.
- 26 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Open 2013.
- 17 Aug 2013First competition: Taiwan Summer Open 2013. A 15.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing League - Taichung 2015 · 25 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2015 · 11 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015 · 15 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Summer Open 2014 · 5 Jul 2014
- Mingdao Cube Carnival 2014 · 15 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2013 · 29 Dec 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 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.
- Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.