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Masaru Hsiao
Clock · top 42.1% of 32,817 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023HSIA01
Masaru Hsiao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 13.59, set at Lodi Solves Spring 2026, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,458th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since January 2023, he has put 154 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.34 in January 2023 to 21.46, a 61% improvement. Masaru has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 13.59 | 16.21 | top 42.1% | 3,458 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 21.46 | 25.65 | top 44.1% | 25,718 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 6.12 | 7.06 | top 52.2% | 21,647 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.77 | 25.68 | top 65.8% | 19,739 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 14,848 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,392 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 16.87 | 25.47 | top 83.7% | 16,295 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 4:17.35 | — | top 93.7% | 9,040 / 9,537 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Lodi Solves Spring 2026.
- 20 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.54 at Great Peconic Bay 2025.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Troy Story 2023. A 54.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Great Peconic Bay 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow at Night 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 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.
- Wataru Hsiao — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Dietzel — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,464 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.