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Shao-Yu Hu (胡紹宇)

3×3 · top 0.74% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015HUSH02

Shao-Yu Hu (胡紹宇) has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.36, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Hualien 2026, puts him in the top 0.74% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since August 2015, he has put 2,395 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.62 in August 2015 to 6.36, a 56% improvement. He has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.74% of 288,433 all-time
6.36
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open - Hualien 2026
2,395
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×36.368.64
top 0.74%35 / 4,369
3×3 one-handed10.2914.91
top 1.3%18 / 805
5×549.3457.75
top 1.6%28 / 640
4×427.9631.99
top 1.8%45 / 1,079
Megaminx44.2952.21
top 2.9%18 / 363
2×21.753.06
top 3.4%82 / 1,671
7×72:42.452:57.90
top 6.1%32 / 252
6×61:48.322:00.22
top 6.6%39 / 293
Square-110.3914.04
top 6.8%34 / 323
Pyraminx4.067.09
top 8.0%124 / 1,017
Skewb4.796.80
top 16.7%173 / 700
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.00
top 20.4%40 / 205
3×3 blindfolded2:30.79—
top 43.6%65 / 149
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:40—
early days — 1 solve24 / 54
Clock17.2520.66
top 56.3%249 / 370

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

Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015: 14.62Maru Cube Day 2016: 12.63Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016: 13.00Taiwan Championship 2016: 11.05Taipei Open 2017: 10.78Maru Cube Day 2017: 10.86Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.72Taiwan Championship 2017: 10.93CK Cubing Party 2018: 10.52WCA Asian Championship 2018: 11.48Zhuyuangang Open 2019: 7.88HCHS 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.93Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 10.13Maru Cube Day 2019: 9.96Matsu Open 2019: 9.04Dream One Cube Open 2019: 9.75Lanyang Open 2019: 9.69Taiwan Championship 2019: 9.73Pingtung Cubing Open 2020: 9.60Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 9.45Taiwan Championship 2020: 8.73Welcome Back Taipei 2021: 9.58Taiwan Open 2022: 9.39Chiayi Open 2022: 7.68Maru Cube Day 2022: 7.57Taiwan Championship 2022: 9.05New Taipei Open 2023: 9.29Pingtung Summer Open 2023: 7.77Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 8.45Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 7.79Taiwan Championship 2023: 8.85Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024: 8.94Taipei Summer Open 2024: 8.55Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 9.74Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 6.87Taiwan Championship 2024: 8.56Pingtung Winter Open 2025: 8.92BQHS Spring Open 2025: 7.86Taipei Summer Open 2025: 8.40Hsinchu Summer Open 2025: 7.40Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025: 7.97Taiwan Championship 2025: 7.57Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025: 8.46Penghu Spring Cube Open 2026: 8.34BQHS Spring Open 2026: 8.60Zhongshan Open 2026: 8.17Taipei Cube Open 2026: 8.34Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 8.13Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 8.20Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 8.83Shin Kong Cube Open - Hualien 2026: 6.36Tokyo Autumn 2026: 8.136.3614.6222 Aug 201517 Oct 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.