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Tam Shen Hsiung (譚昇雄)

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018HSIU01

Tam Shen Hsiung (譚昇雄) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.92, set at Maru Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2018, he has put 649 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.82 in April 2018 to 7.92, a 38% improvement. Tam has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.92
signature single · Maru Cube Day 2023
649
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×37.9210.66
top 2.6%120 / 3,773
Skewb2.576.87
top 3.2%34 / 1,053
2×21.822.78
top 3.7%85 / 2,541
Pyraminx3.235.55
top 4.4%79 / 1,723
4×432.6541.43
top 4.7%72 / 1,219
Megaminx58.271:09.37
top 9.1%75 / 518
3×3 blindfolded47.631:44.35
top 9.1%13 / 169
4×4 blindfolded3:33.84—
early days — 3 solves6 / 31
5×51:16.761:26.29
top 16.6%143 / 617
Clock8.9212.03
top 19.6%86 / 406
3×3 one-handed20.6525.44
top 22.3%324 / 1,327
Square-121.4533.13
top 31.2%134 / 364
6×63:13.253:20.75
early days — 3 solves146 / 232
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves43.33
top 48.3%65 / 112
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 5 cubes · 13:53—
early days — 2 solves36 / 48

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

USM Penang Cube 2018: 12.82USM Penang Cube 2019: 12.54Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 12.87Welcome Back Kaohsiung 2021: 9.94Maru Cube Day 2021: 11.55Taiwan Open 2022: 9.97Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 10.94Maru Cube Day 2022: 9.84Yunlin Winter Open 2022: 10.62Taiwan Championship 2022: 10.46Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.16Maru Cube Day 2023: 7.92Penang Cube Masters 2024: 9.15USM Penang Cube 2025: 8.68Penang Cube Masters 2025: 9.28USM Penang Cube 2026: 9.307.9212.8728 Apr 201811 Apr 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.