People · Chinese Taipei
Po-Chiao Shao (邵柏喬)
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025SHAO05
Po-Chiao Shao (邵柏喬) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 94 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.37 in November 2025 to 8.72, a 16% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.72 | 10.39 | top 4.2% | 248 / 4,213 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.36 | 1:13.06 | top 13.6% | 73 / 362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.02 | 1:27.32 | top 14.6% | 210 / 639 | |
| 4×4 | 43.89 | 46.43 | top 16.9% | 372 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.74 | top 18.7% | 481 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.64 | 26.04 | top 33.2% | 422 / 802 | |
| Skewb | 7.43 | 9.72 | top 37.0% | 346 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.14 | 9.40 | top 37.4% | 503 / 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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025. A 12.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yun-Kai Yeh (葉昀愷) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 6.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.