People · Chinese Taipei
Cheng-Ying Lee (李承穎)
5×5 · top 0.28% of 40,792 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017LEEC05
Cheng-Ying Lee (李承穎) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 41.67, set at Taipei Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2017, he has put 788 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.21 in July 2017 to 5.90, a 58% improvement. He has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 41.67 | 47.30 | top 0.28% | 7 / 639 | |
| 3×3 | 5.90 | 6.99 | top 0.43% | 16 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 24.55 | 27.63 | top 0.59% | 20 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 9.74 | 13.43 | top 0.88% | 9 / 802 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 2.85 | top 1.7% | 26 / 1,016 | |
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 3.29 | top 4.2% | 110 / 1,669 | |
| 6×6 | 1:40.66 | 1:46.36 | top 4.2% | 30 / 292 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 6.37 | top 13.7% | 148 / 699 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.32 | 1:12.92 | top 14.6% | 85 / 362 | |
| 7×7 | 3:32.69 | 3:52.84 | early days — 3 solves | 96 / 252 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Cube Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 23 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Chiayi Open 2022.
- 18 Dec 2020Nine personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2020.
- 16 Feb 2019Six personal bests in one day at Taichung Cubing Open 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Taipei Peace Open 2019.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020 — 9 personal bests set
- Taichung Cubing Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Tainan 2018 · 28 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
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 134 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
- He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平) — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.