People · Chinese Taipei
Jia-En Tsai (蔡家恩)
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020TSAI04
Jia-En Tsai (蔡家恩) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.45, set at CK Cubing Party 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2020, he has put 583 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.42 in December 2020 to 8.30, a 33% improvement. He has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.45 | 3.77 | top 1.9% | 46 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 8.30 | 10.28 | top 3.3% | 189 / 4,213 | |
| Skewb | 3.37 | 4.73 | top 7.0% | 78 / 699 | |
| 4×4 | 39.59 | 46.46 | top 11.6% | 263 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.78 | 19.34 | top 12.0% | 164 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.26 | 1:21.48 | top 12.5% | 185 / 639 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 8.26 | top 19.3% | 296 / 1,016 | |
| Clock | 28.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 312 / 366 |
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
- 8 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.79 at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 18 Dec 2020First competition: Taiwan Championship 2020. A 12.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- HCHS Winter Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Taipei Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- 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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.