People · Chinese Taipei
Li-Wei Chu (朱力威)
Skewb · top 9.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023CHUL02
Li-Wei Chu (朱力威) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.76, set at Hsinchu Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2023, he has put 245 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.47 in June 2023 to 10.78, a 50% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 3.76 | 6.92 | top 9.3% | 111 / 699 | |
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 13.26 | top 9.8% | 590 / 4,213 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 6.12 | top 14.8% | 228 / 1,016 | |
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.91 | top 15.6% | 413 / 1,669 | |
| Clock | 9.77 | 20.93 | top 24.0% | 100 / 366 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.10 | — | top 46.9% | 230 / 362 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.30 | — | top 53.6% | 792 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.96 | 39.46 | top 55.4% | 626 / 802 |
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
- 23 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.48 at Pingtung Summer Open 2023.
- 18 Jun 2023First competition: Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023. A 21.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
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 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.