People · Chinese Taipei
Pin-Kai Gong (龔品愷)
Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023GONG02
Pin-Kai Gong (龔品愷) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Pingtung Winter Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 70th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 218 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.15 in July 2023 to 10.10, a 37% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 5.74 | top 4.6% | 70 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 11.95 | top 7.8% | 460 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 5.33 | top 14.1% | 372 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 56.07 | — | top 32.0% | 555 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.60 | 37.64 | top 40.9% | 507 / 802 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.63 | — | top 44.4% | 221 / 362 | |
| Skewb | 8.45 | 11.44 | top 44.6% | 404 / 699 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.89 | — | top 74.2% | 552 / 639 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Pingtung Winter Open 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taichung Open 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at Pingtung Summer Open 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Maru Cube Day 2023. A 16.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taichung Open 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 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 54 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.