People · Chinese Taipei
Shih-Yu Yang (楊仕宇)
Square-1 · top 5.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019YANG99
Shih-Yu Yang (楊仕宇) has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Maru Cube Day 2022, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Chinese Taipei. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2019, he has put 307 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.70 in October 2019 to 11.38, a 32% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.33 | 12.21 | top 5.0% | 23 / 323 | |
| 3×3 | 11.38 | 14.32 | top 11.7% | 709 / 4,213 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 7.08 | top 18.8% | 189 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.60 | top 20.1% | 304 / 1,016 | |
| Clock | 10.70 | 11.58 | top 28.6% | 127 / 366 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 4.71 | top 29.3% | 712 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.05 | — | top 67.3% | 896 / 1,078 |
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
- 12 Feb 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 18 Dec 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.67 at Taiwan Championship 2020.
- 18 Dec 2020Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2020.
- 6 Jul 2019First competition: Maru Cube Day 2019.
Competitions
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2020 · 18 Dec 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019
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 61 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.