People · Chinese Taipei
Ming-Long Kao (高銘隆)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022KAOM01
Ming-Long Kao (高銘隆) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2022, he has put 342 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.85 in July 2022 to 8.43, a 65% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.43 | 9.91 | top 3.6% | 207 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 3.65 | top 4.0% | 101 / 1,669 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.17 | 5.25 | top 4.2% | 63 / 1,016 | |
| 4×4 | 33.89 | 37.02 | top 5.7% | 146 / 1,078 | |
| Megaminx | 56.42 | 58.61 | top 8.1% | 46 / 362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.06 | 1:08.96 | top 8.4% | 139 / 639 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.58 | 2:16.04 | top 14.7% | 88 / 292 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.53 | 21.70 | top 16.5% | 219 / 802 | |
| Skewb | 5.61 | 7.14 | top 22.8% | 229 / 699 | |
| 7×7 | 3:40.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 104 / 252 | |
| Square-1 | 22.73 | 40.19 | top 34.1% | 148 / 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
- 25 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026.
- 19 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 14 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025.
- 17 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hsinchu Summer Open 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.43 at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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 74 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.