People · Chinese Taipei
Kuan-Wen Chen (陳冠文)
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CHEK03
Kuan-Wen Chen (陳冠文) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.38, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in September 2023 to 10.38, a 43% 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 | 10.38 | 12.29 | top 8.6% | 521 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 4.44 | top 10.1% | 280 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 9.47 | 13.22 | top 51.6% | 449 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.56 | 16.45 | top 75.8% | 856 / 1,016 |
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
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.73 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Singapore Kempinski Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yu-Hsuan Chang (張祐瑄) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.