People · Chinese Taipei
Hong-An Lai (賴泓安)
Skewb · top 1.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LAIH01
Hong-An Lai (賴泓安) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Taiwan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Chinese Taipei. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2018, he has put 510 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.72 in December 2018 to 7.04, a 62% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.86 | 4.94 | top 1.0% | 9 / 699 | |
| 3×3 | 7.04 | 8.88 | top 1.4% | 72 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 27.79 | 34.51 | top 1.7% | 40 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 50.42 | 1:02.00 | top 1.9% | 34 / 639 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.42 | top 6.5% | 177 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 46.25 | 1:07.27 | top 8.7% | 13 / 147 | |
| Square-1 | 12.57 | 16.55 | top 11.0% | 52 / 323 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.36 | 22.13 | top 11.0% | 155 / 802 | |
| 6×6 | 2:03.90 | 2:14.92 | top 12.6% | 74 / 292 | |
| 7×7 | 3:12.21 | 3:18.07 | top 14.0% | 72 / 252 | |
| Clock | 9.89 | 13.38 | top 24.6% | 107 / 366 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.59 | 1:35.54 | top 25.9% | 152 / 362 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | — | top 26.7% | 59 / 204 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.77 | 11.26 | top 34.3% | 470 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 10 cubes · 50:37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 20 / 54 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 18:02.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18 / 24 |
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
- 5 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Please Don't DNF Kaohsiung 2026.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 5 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 18 Dec 2020Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2020.
- 13 Dec 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Taiwan Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't DNF Kaohsiung 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2022 · 29 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
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 106 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.