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Tse Shun Him (谢顺谦)

3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009HIMT01

Tse Shun Him (谢顺谦) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.34, set at Shenzhen University 2011, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,201st in China. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2009, he has put 301 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.61 in July 2009 to 9.34, a 50% improvement. Tse has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time
9.34
signature single · Shenzhen University 2011
301
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
3×39.3412.52
top 5.7%2,201 / 28,153
4×444.9754.61
top 18.3%1,983 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed19.5224.50
top 19.2%1,928 / 5,922
5×51:26.191:40.65
top 24.3%1,142 / 2,816
2×24.346.16
top 30.9%5,291 / 15,796
Megaminx1:34.581:42.68
top 31.1%925 / 1,678
6×63:02.443:14.46
top 42.2%829 / 1,349
7×75:04.205:17.25
early days — 3 solves908 / 1,261
Pyraminx10.0815.66
top 53.6%5,594 / 10,224
Clock17.9321.40
top 58.5%1,331 / 1,843

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

Hong Kong Open 2009: 18.61Shenzhen Summer Open 2009: 15.66Guangdong Open 2009: 14.30Hong Kong Cube Day 2010: 11.69Shantou Open 2010: 12.15Guangdong Open 2010: 11.78Guangzhou Small Cubes 2010: 10.00One-to-eight Cubes Competition 2011: 12.43Shenzhen University 2011: 9.349.3418.6118 Jul 20091 May 2011

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.