Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) — Breakdancer Sun Chen (孫振), also known as B-Boy Quake, has set a milestone in Taiwan’s breakdancing history by becoming the first Taiwanese to reach the finals at The Notorious IBE, a major hip-hop dance gathering in the Netherlands.

Quake lost to Colombian B-Boy Alvin in the men’s solo final in Heerlen on Sunday, capping his historic run at the three-day breakdancing competition, which he described in an Instagram post after the final as “the stage I’ve seen since I was a kid.”

“When I knew I had made it to the final, I thought, ‘Am I going to make history?'” Sun said, acknowledging that he was the first Taiwanese to secure the final spot in the prestigious tournament.

However, he regretted that this thought may have affected his performance, as he danced less freely than in the previous rounds.

Sun had beaten Alvin 2-0 in the B-Boys pre-qualification games of an Olympic qualification series in Budapest at the end of June.

The 24-year-old B-Boy from Taiwan’s Hsinchu region cemented his reputation as a trailblazer for Taiwanese breakdancers with his performance at the first-ever breakdancing event at the Paris Olympic Games.

Although he missed out on a place in the quarter-finals with a 1-2 defeat in the group stage in Paris, after just one week he showed how he had taken his moves to the next level.

Regarding his development as a competitive breakdancer, Sun said: “I feel even better than I did at the Games.”

Unlike in Paris, where he focused more on choreographed movements, “this time it was all about the music and the moments,” he wrote on Instagram.

In addition to the individual competition, Sun also participated in the 5v5 crew competition as a member of City4Crew, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

He will next compete at Outbreak Europe in Slovakia and World Battle in Portugal.