People · Chinese Taipei
Wei-Chieh Chou (周偉杰)
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023CHOU11
Wei-Chieh Chou (周偉杰) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Taipei Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2023, he has put 185 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.91 in September 2023 to 8.84, a 32% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.84 | 12.38 | top 4.5% | 273 / 4,369 | |
| 4×4 | 38.52 | 44.80 | top 10.4% | 239 / 1,079 | |
| Skewb | 4.35 | 5.94 | top 13.4% | 145 / 700 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.99 | 8.25 | top 20.0% | 304 / 1,017 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.42 | 1:25.44 | top 20.8% | 120 / 363 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.54 | 1:35.96 | top 26.2% | 293 / 640 | |
| Square-1 | 20.53 | 25.90 | top 29.2% | 126 / 323 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.23 | — | top 37.5% | 472 / 805 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2024.
- 25 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 12.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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.
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 8.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.