People · Chinese Taipei
Yun-Chen Hsieh (謝昀宸)
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025HSIE12
Yun-Chen Hsieh (謝昀宸) has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2025, he has put 49 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.17 in December 2025 to 9.60, a 14% improvement. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.60 | 10.31 | top 6.4% | 386 / 4,369 | |
| 4×4 | 43.52 | 45.64 | top 16.5% | 362 / 1,079 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 4.32 | top 25.9% | 623 / 1,671 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.99 | 23.47 | top 26.1% | 342 / 805 | |
| Skewb | 6.29 | 7.79 | top 28.1% | 266 / 700 |
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
- 13 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025. A 11.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 3.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.