People · Chinese Taipei
Bo-Jun Yao (姚柏均)
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021YAOB01
Bo-Jun Yao (姚柏均) has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 170th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2021, he has put 82 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.22 in December 2021 to 8.14, a 27% improvement. He has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.14 | 9.46 | top 3.0% | 170 / 4,213 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.47 | 15.90 | top 5.2% | 61 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 42.62 | 53.13 | top 15.3% | 337 / 1,078 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Pingtung Winter Open 2025.
- 11 Dec 2021First competition: Maru Cube Day 2021. A 11.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
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 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.