People · Chinese Taipei
Chi-Wei Liao (廖騏蔚)
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LIAO08
Chi-Wei Liao (廖騏蔚) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 516th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 29 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.06 in August 2024 to 10.36, a 26% 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 | 10.36 | 11.96 | top 8.5% | 516 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 5.89 | top 10.3% | 286 / 1,669 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024. A 14.06 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 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 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 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.