People · Chinese Taipei
Wen-chung Tien (田文中)
3×3 one-handed · top 8.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2010 · 2010TIEN02
Wen-chung Tien (田文中) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 15.39, set at Taiwan Summer Open 2013, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2010, he has put 143 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 22.08 in December 2010 to 15.39, a 30% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 16.76 | top 8.9% | 130 / 802 | |
| 3×3 | 13.12 | 14.50 | top 17.8% | 1,057 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.25 | 1:12.29 | top 41.0% | 668 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 5.75 | 6.55 | top 48.2% | 1,067 / 1,669 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.88 | 16.95 | top 72.3% | 818 / 1,016 | |
| Clock | 24.98 | 31.57 | top 76.6% | 300 / 366 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Dec 2012Three personal bests in one day at Magic Revenge 2012.
- 5 Dec 2010First competition: Taiwan Autumn Open 2010.
Competitions
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- MARU Cube for kid Day 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Taiwan Winter Open 2013 · 3 Mar 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Magic Revenge 2012 · 30 Dec 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012
- Taipei Open 2011 · 8 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Autumn Open 2010 · 5 Dec 2010
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chia-Liang Tai (戴嘉良) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.