People · Chinese Taipei
Ming-Huan Tsai (蔡旻桓)
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2008 · 2008TSAI01
Ming-Huan Tsai (蔡旻桓) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at Big Cubes Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2008, he has put 801 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.11 in July 2008 to 9.37, a 42% improvement. He has entered 22 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 | 2.00 | 4.23 | top 4.7% | 122 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 9.37 | 11.03 | top 5.8% | 344 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 36.69 | 42.90 | top 8.4% | 208 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.21 | 1:20.92 | top 13.2% | 193 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.30 | 24.38 | top 21.3% | 270 / 802 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.25 | 3:01.83 | top 36.7% | 175 / 292 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.18 | 13.22 | top 46.4% | 591 / 1,016 | |
| 7×7 | 5:09.46 | 5:34.69 | top 53.7% | 177 / 252 | |
| Megaminx | 3:20.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 324 / 362 | |
| Skewb | 23.94 | 26.81 | top 94.1% | 676 / 699 |
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
- 26 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Open 2013.
- 6 Feb 2010Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Winter Open 2010.
- 5 Sep 2009First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Maru Cube Day 2009.
- 22 Aug 2009Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2009.
- 31 May 2009Six personal bests in one day at Taiwan Spring Open 2009.
- 8 Feb 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Taiwan Winter Open 2009.
Competitions
- Taipei Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 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
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2014 · 14 Dec 2014
- Taiwan Summer Open 2014 · 2 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011 · 14 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer 2011 · 21 Aug 2011
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011
- Taiwan Summer Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2009 · 5 Sep 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Pyraminx Competition 2009 · 26 Jul 2009
- Taiwan Spring Open 2009 · 31 May 2009 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2009 · 8 Feb 2009 — 6 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.
- Kuo-Hau Wu (吳國豪) — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.