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Vincent Sheu

2×2 · top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2006 · 2006SHEU01

Vincent Sheu has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Berkeley Winter 2011, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since November 2006, he has put 1,124 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.92 in November 2006 to 8.55, a 57% improvement. Vincent has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time
0.96
signature single · Berkeley Winter 2011
1,124
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.964.07
top 0.48%199 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves25.00
top 2.2%57 / 2,040
3×38.5511.60
top 3.8%2,165 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.6927.40
top 22.4%2,873 / 15,683
Pyraminx6.7210.64
top 25.6%7,006 / 28,708
4×41:05.401:13.28
top 42.2%6,936 / 19,072
Clock18.9626.27
top 61.6%5,202 / 8,927
5×52:28.632:53.68
top 65.1%5,677 / 9,401
Megaminx3:31.10—
top 83.9%6,697 / 7,841
6×65:44.93—
top 88.7%3,665 / 4,196
Skewb21.3441.20
top 91.5%17,626 / 18,907
7×79:44.22—
early days — 1 solve3,121 / 3,184

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

UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 19.92EPGY California Open 2008: 21.12Taiwan Summer Open 2008: 18.65Berkeley Fall 2008: 17.94San Francisco Open 2009: 20.49EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 16.75Berkeley Spring competition 2009: 17.40Berkeley Summer competition 2009: 15.91US Nationals 2009: 16.06Berkeley Fall competition 2009: 16.43Stanford Fall competition 2009: 13.78Berkeley Winter 2010: 12.27EPGY Stanford Winter 2010: 14.94Berkeley Spring 2010: 13.18Stanford Spring 2010: 14.86Berkeley Summer 2010: 10.68United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 12.80Berkeley Fall 2010: 12.36Berkeley Winter 2011: 12.93Vidar Open 2011: 8.55Stanford Spring 2011: 14.63Berkeley Summer 2011: 13.47Stanford Fall 2011: 13.90Berkeley Fall 2011: 14.41Berkeley Winter 2012: 12.86EPGY Stanford Winter 2012: 12.25Berkeley Spring 2012: 13.02Cal Day 2012: 8.72United States National Championships 2012: 12.36Berkeley Fall 2012: 13.59Berkeley Autumn 2012: 11.31Berkeley Winter 2013: 13.53Berkeley Spring 2013: 12.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.35Berkeley Summer 2013: 10.43US Nationals 2014: 10.61BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 15.35SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 12.43US Nationals 2015: 14.01Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.998.5521.1218 Nov 20063 Jul 2025

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.

  • Ryan Jew — met in 210 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
  • Edward Lin — met in 203 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Lucas Garron — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead 15 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.