People · Chinese Taipei
Zi-Cheng Hsu (許子承)
Pyraminx · top 42.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024HSUZ01
Zi-Cheng Hsu (許子承) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Taipei Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 42.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in Chinese Taipei. Across 6 competitions since September 2024, he has put 101 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.80 in September 2024 to 23.42, a 40% improvement. He has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.71 | 11.87 | top 42.3% | 552 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 | 23.42 | 28.20 | top 49.0% | 2,547 / 4,213 | |
| Skewb | 11.25 | 12.83 | top 62.2% | 521 / 699 | |
| 2×2 | 7.31 | 8.73 | top 62.9% | 1,301 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.41 | — | top 66.1% | 886 / 1,078 | |
| Square-1 | 47.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 264 / 323 | |
| Clock | 26.46 | — | top 79.3% | 307 / 366 | |
| 5×5 | 3:09.65 | — | top 81.1% | 580 / 639 | |
| 7×7 | 7:29.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 236 / 252 | |
| Megaminx | 3:41.29 | — | top 86.3% | 332 / 362 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:17.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 791 / 802 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.02 at Zhongshan Open 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024. A 38.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.