People · Chinese Taipei
Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪)
4×4 · top 1.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since July 2008 · 2008WUKU01
Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.97, set at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Chinese Taipei. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since July 2008, he has put 3,491 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.58 in July 2008 to 7.22, a 47% improvement. He has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 26.97 | 30.75 | top 1.4% | 36 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 | 7.22 | 9.31 | top 1.6% | 91 / 4,213 | |
| 7×7 | 2:15.67 | 2:28.76 | top 1.8% | 14 / 252 | |
| 5×5 | 51.73 | 57.23 | top 2.3% | 41 / 639 | |
| 6×6 | 1:33.99 | 1:42.88 | top 2.6% | 20 / 292 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.81 | top 5.4% | 146 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.75 | 17.45 | top 5.7% | 74 / 802 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 7.77 | top 9.6% | 149 / 1,016 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.25 | 1:34.05 | top 25.1% | 144 / 362 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:37.04 | 1:55.16 | top 25.6% | 39 / 147 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 39.33 | top 37.3% | 80 / 204 | |
| Square-1 | 31.90 | 1:25.79 | top 53.1% | 203 / 323 |
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
- 12 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017.
- 1 Oct 2016Five personal bests in one day at Asian Championship 2016.
- 25 Sep 2016Five personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Open 2016.
- 1 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Taichung Cube Open 2016.
- 15 Feb 2015Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015.
- 2 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2014.
Competitions
- Zhongshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020
- Zhuyuangang Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
- Pingtung Cubing Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Almost Without NxN 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Cubing Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Winter Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wuxi Try to Get a Mean 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CK Cubing Party 2018 · 27 May 2018
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018 · 11 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2018 · 4 Feb 2018
- Cubing Tainan 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017 · 10 Sep 2017
- Yangzhou Open 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Lanyang Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Beijing Open 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Blind Day 2017 · 4 Jun 2017
- All is Well 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- ZUA Open 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Taipei Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Asian Championship 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Open 2016 · 25 Sep 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016 · 24 Jul 2016
- Taiwan Blind Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Cube Open 2016 · 1 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- All is Well 2016 · 12 Mar 2016
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015 · 22 Aug 2015
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Magic Revenge 2015 · 2 Aug 2015
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015 · 15 Feb 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Master Challenge 2014 · 28 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Spring Open 2014 · 27 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Taipei Open 2011 · 8 Oct 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer 2011 · 21 Aug 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubik Box Cup 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
- Taiwan Big Cube Day 2010 · 5 Jun 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2010 · 11 Apr 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2009 · 31 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Qingming Festival Open 2009 · 6 Apr 2009 — 7 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2009 · 8 Feb 2009 — 5 personal bests set
- South Taiwan Summer Open 2008 · 24 Aug 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2008 · 13 Jul 2008
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 463 rounds, finished ahead 232 times
- Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) — met in 417 rounds, finished ahead 225 times
- Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) — met in 394 rounds, finished ahead 138 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.