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Han-Yu Yao (姚瀚宇)

Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014YAOH02

Han-Yu Yao (姚瀚宇) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at Taiwan Open 2015, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2014, he has put 243 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.47 in August 2014 to 9.35, a 31% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.95
signature single · Taiwan Open 2015
243
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
Skewb2.954.37
top 4.8%43 / 699
3×39.3510.96
top 5.7%340 / 4,213
Pyraminx4.276.81
top 9.0%141 / 1,016
3×3 one-handed17.1922.84
top 13.1%177 / 802
2×23.163.93
top 16.1%423 / 1,669
4×41:01.491:11.26
top 38.1%633 / 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

Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 13.47Taiwan Open 2015: 13.14Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 10.72Taiwan Cubing League - Taichung 2015: 10.29Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 11.65Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024: 10.41Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 10.36Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025: 9.359.3513.472 Aug 201422 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.