People · Chinese Taipei
Ping-Chi Yang (楊秉錡)
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024YANG51
Ping-Chi Yang (楊秉錡) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.62, set at Taiwan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 153 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.68 in August 2024 to 8.32, a 14% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.62 | 2.77 | top 2.7% | 59 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 8.32 | 9.45 | top 3.4% | 191 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 36.39 | 42.11 | top 8.1% | 199 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 6.80 | top 16.2% | 249 / 1,016 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.87 | 1:29.58 | top 19.0% | 242 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.49 | 23.76 | top 24.5% | 318 / 802 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 134 / 292 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 193 / 362 | |
| Skewb | 7.99 | 10.89 | top 41.2% | 378 / 699 |
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
- 19 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024First competition: Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024. A 9.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Cheng-Yu Tsai (蔡承佑) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.