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Wataru Hsiao
Skewb · top 30.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023HSIA02
Wataru Hsiao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 6.55, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025, puts him in the top 30.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,955th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since January 2023, he has put 151 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.31 in January 2023 to 19.98, a 62% improvement. Wataru has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 6.55 | 18.27 | top 30.1% | 4,955 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 19.98 | 28.26 | top 39.9% | 22,618 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 16.92 | 23.07 | top 55.2% | 4,578 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 7.52 | 9.09 | top 64.4% | 26,544 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.69 | 15.22 | top 71.3% | 21,098 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 3:45.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,012 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:22.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,366 / 15,683 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 19.98 at PBs in Palisades Spring 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.98 at PBs in Palisades Spring 2025.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Troy Story 2023. A 52.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Great Peconic Bay 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow at Night 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Open PM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 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.
- Masaru Hsiao — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Dietzel — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.