People · Chinese Taipei
Shi-Cian Chen (陳士謙)
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CHES03
Shi-Cian Chen (陳士謙) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 274th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2023, he has put 261 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.60 in September 2023 to 8.88, a 30% improvement. He has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.88 | 10.56 | top 4.6% | 274 / 4,213 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.96 | 1:23.89 | top 13.0% | 191 / 639 | |
| 4×4 | 42.26 | 50.40 | top 14.8% | 327 / 1,078 | |
| Skewb | 5.33 | 7.71 | top 20.7% | 204 / 699 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.64 | 28.65 | top 27.8% | 359 / 802 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.23 | 2:38.10 | top 27.8% | 141 / 292 |
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
- 25 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025.
- 6 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 6 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2024.
- 25 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 12.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- New Taipei Big Cube Day 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 11.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.