People · Chinese Taipei
Ming-Shyann Chen (陳明賢)
3×3 · top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010CHEN62
Ming-Shyann Chen (陳明賢) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.54, set at Shin Kong Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 742nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 11 competitions since December 2010, he has put 155 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.83 in April 2011 to 11.54, a 31% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 11.54 | 14.13 | top 12.3% | 742 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.37 | 22.77 | top 13.5% | 184 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 4.41 | 7.17 | top 31.8% | 768 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:12.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 147 / 147 |
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
- 21 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019.
- 17 Aug 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at Taiwan Summer Open 2013.
- 17 Aug 2013Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Summer Open 2013.
- 5 Dec 2010First competition: Taiwan Autumn Open 2010.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- All is Well 2015 · 7 Mar 2015
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2013 · 3 Mar 2013
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubik Box Cup 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Spring Open 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Autumn Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yan-Hung Lai (賴彥宏) — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.