People · Chinese Taipei
Yan-Chen Wu (吳彥宸)
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024WUYA01
Yan-Chen Wu (吳彥宸) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.24, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 498th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2024, he has put 195 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.66 in May 2024 to 10.24, a 42% improvement. He has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 10.24 | 13.37 | top 8.2% | 498 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.77 | top 10.3% | 286 / 1,669 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.63 | 7.76 | top 17.3% | 266 / 1,016 | |
| Clock | 10.20 | 11.10 | top 26.1% | 117 / 366 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.28 | 45.37 | top 42.6% | 523 / 802 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.68 | — | early days — 3 solves | 820 / 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
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2024.
- 4 May 2024First competition: Zhongshan Open 2024. A 17.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Makati Speedcubing Open III 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- San Mateo Speedcubing Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024
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.
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.