People · Chinese Taipei
Po-An Lai (賴柏安)
4×4 · top 7.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022LAIP02
Po-An Lai (賴柏安) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.94, set at Taichung Open 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, he has put 126 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.43 in August 2022 to 10.25, a 10% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 35.94 | 44.03 | top 7.6% | 186 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 | 10.25 | 11.90 | top 8.2% | 501 / 4,213 | |
| Square-1 | 12.64 | 16.22 | top 11.2% | 53 / 323 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.33 | 1:20.35 | top 11.8% | 178 / 639 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.04 | 1:10.55 | top 13.9% | 75 / 362 | |
| 6×6 | 2:11.99 | 2:22.72 | top 16.3% | 98 / 292 | |
| 7×7 | 3:32.02 | 3:39.04 | top 20.5% | 93 / 252 | |
| Skewb | 6.08 | 8.08 | top 26.3% | 248 / 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
- 11 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Taichung Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Pingtung Summer Open 2022. A 11.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
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 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘) — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.94 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.