People · Chinese Taipei
Tsai-Ying Lee (李采盈)
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LEET04
Tsai-Ying Lee (李采盈) has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Taipei Cube Open 2026, puts her in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2022, she has put 343 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.17 in November 2022 to 8.26, a 32% improvement. She 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 2.44 | top 2.7% | 60 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.09 | top 3.3% | 180 / 4,213 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.58 | 1:21.17 | top 8.8% | 142 / 639 | |
| 4×4 | 41.55 | 44.90 | top 14.0% | 310 / 1,078 | |
| 7×7 | 3:39.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 103 / 252 | |
| Clock | 12.67 | 18.83 | top 38.2% | 180 / 366 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.50 | 10.03 | top 40.5% | 537 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 8.64 | 11.72 | top 46.0% | 411 / 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
- 27 Jun 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Taipei Cube Open 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.75 at Shin Kong Cube Open 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022. A 12.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- HCHS Winter Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 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 her.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as she improves.