People · Chinese Taipei
Ting-Yu Liao (廖庭右)
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016LIAO10
Ting-Yu Liao (廖庭右) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Maru Cube Day 2022, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2016, he has put 431 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in October 2016 to 8.21, a 48% improvement. He has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 10.49 | top 3.2% | 173 / 4,213 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.91 | 1:08.83 | top 7.7% | 127 / 639 | |
| 4×4 | 36.25 | 42.49 | top 7.9% | 194 / 1,078 | |
| 7×7 | 2:56.85 | 3:03.01 | top 9.7% | 45 / 252 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.56 | 22.53 | top 16.6% | 220 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 5.02 | top 16.8% | 439 / 1,669 | |
| 6×6 | 2:25.85 | 2:34.48 | top 23.5% | 124 / 292 | |
| Skewb | 9.13 | 10.99 | top 49.3% | 431 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.26 | 12.89 | top 55.0% | 664 / 1,016 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 13 Dec 2019Six personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2019.
- 6 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Taiwan Championship 2018.
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at WCA Asian Championship 2018.
Competitions
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Shonan PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CK Cubing Party 2018 · 27 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2016 · 29 Oct 2016
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 93 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yueh-Lin Tsai (蔡岳霖) — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 3.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.