People · Chinese Taipei
Tzu-An Liu (劉梓安)
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LIUT02
Tzu-An Liu (劉梓安) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2022, he has put 93 official solves on the record across one event. 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 22.57 in November 2022 to 8.28, a 63% improvement. He has entered 14 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 | 8.28 | 10.75 | top 3.3% | 185 / 4,213 |
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 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.52 at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Taipei Summer Open 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.74 at Shin Kong Cube Open 2023.
- 20 Nov 2022First competition: Yunlin Winter Open 2022. A 22.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zhongshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 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 his.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hung-Wei Liu (劉紘爲) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.