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Mao-te Hsieh (謝茂德)

3×3 · top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010SIEM01

Mao-te Hsieh (謝茂德) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Taiwan Summer 2011, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 832nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 8 competitions since December 2010, he has put 115 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.75 in February 2011 to 12.05, a 23% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.05
signature single · Taiwan Summer 2011
115
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×312.0514.46
top 14.1%832 / 4,213
2×24.506.23
top 32.9%790 / 1,669
Clock12.9113.87
top 39.3%182 / 366
3×3 blindfolded2:46.73
top 48.6%72 / 147
3×3 one-handed32.6136.48
top 52.5%601 / 802
4×4 blindfolded9:20.09
top 53.7%12 / 24
4×41:26.78
early days — 2 solves854 / 1,078
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:24
early days — 1 solve35 / 54
5×53:04.31
early days — 2 solves575 / 639
5×5 blindfolded28:34.00
early days — 2 solves10 / 13
Pyraminx16.2224.19
top 85.7%925 / 1,016
Square-11:19.651:57.39
top 92.7%306 / 323
Megaminx4:51.81
early days — 3 solves354 / 362

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

Taiwan Winter Open 2011: 15.75Cubik Box Cup 2011: 14.41Taiwan Summer 2011: 12.05Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 12.17Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 16.59Kaohsiung Open 2013: 17.72Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 13.1912.0517.7212 Feb 20112 Aug 2014

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 0.05 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.