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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.

3×3
best event — top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.54
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open 2023
155
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×311.5414.13
top 12.3%742 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed17.3722.77
top 13.5%184 / 802
2×24.417.17
top 31.8%768 / 1,669
3×3 blindfolded9:12.91
early days — 2 solves147 / 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

Taiwan Spring Open 2011: 16.83Cubik Box Cup 2011: 17.18Taiwan Winter 2012: 16.59Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 15.86Taiwan Winter Open 2013: 16.68Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 14.34All is Well 2015: 16.37HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019: 13.76Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 11.54Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025: 13.0811.5417.182 Apr 20119 Nov 2025

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-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.