People · New Zealand
Shih-Hao Chen
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023CHEN66
Shih-Hao Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Sydney Spring Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in New Zealand. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 111 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.52 in May 2023 to 10.22, a 30% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.22 | 13.20 | top 8.1% | 176 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 4.43 | 5.49 | top 32.0% | 561 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.05 | 40.12 | top 57.3% | 301 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 19.93 | 26.39 | top 89.5% | 621 / 666 |
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
- 21 May 2023First competition: Marrickville Mini May Open 2023. A 14.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newcastle Open 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mini May Open 2023 · 21 May 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kent Thomson — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Wang — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.