People · Chinese Taipei
Nien-Chin Tsai (蔡念志)
3×3 · top 56.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015TSAI08
Nien-Chin Tsai (蔡念志) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.91, set at Taipei Open 2017, puts him in the top 56.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,843rd in Chinese Taipei. Across 4 competitions since December 2015, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.58 in December 2015 to 26.91, a 15% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 26.91 | 33.61 | top 56.7% | 2,843 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 10.76 | 15.81 | top 80.7% | 1,532 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.89 | — | top 85.8% | 998 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 56.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,014 / 1,016 |
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
- 31 Jan 2016First sub-30 3×3: 27.99 at Hsinchu Winter Open 2016.
- 6 Dec 2015First competition: Taipei Open 2015. A 31.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes Challenge 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Winter Open 2016 · 31 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Open 2015 · 6 Dec 2015
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.
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tzu-Han Hung (洪梓菡) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jr-Wei Jang (張智瑋) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.